cüret

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جرأت (boldness, courage), from Arabic جُرْأَة (jurʔa).

Noun

cüret (definite accusative cüreti, plural cüretler)

  1. courage
  2. insolence
    1937 March 4, “Hatay'da çete baskınları başladı”, in Son Telgraf, Istanbul, page 1:
    Bu ne cü'ret?!
    (please add an English translation of this quote)

Derived terms

  • cüretkâr
  • cüretkârlık
  • cüretli
  • cüretlilik
  • cüretsiz
  • cüretsizlik
  • cüret etmek
  • cüretlenmek
  • cüretlendirmek

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), cüret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), جرأت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 652
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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