mağrur

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مغرور‎ (maġrur, “self-confident, proud, conceited, deceived”)[1][2], from Arabic مَغْرُور‎ (maḡrūr, “misled, deceived, fooled, conceited, vain”), passive participle of غَرَّ‎ (ḡarra, “to deceive, to delude”)[3].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːˈɾuɾ/
  • Hyphenation: mağ‧rur

Adjective

mağrur

  1. proud, conceited, vain
    Synonyms: kurumlu, gururlu, kibirli, kendini beğenmiş
    Babam basit bir oduncu olduğu halde annem daima çok mağrur ve kibirli olmuştur. ― My dad was a simple lumberjack, whereas my mom was always conceited and vain.

Declension

Derived terms

  • mağrur olmak
  • mağrurane
  • mağrurca
  • mağrurluk

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مغرور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1922
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مغرور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1198
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mağrur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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