güya

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish كویا (güya), from Persian گویا.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

güya

  1. supposedly, allegedly

Interjection[edit]

güya

  1. (idiomatic) as if (refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely)

References[edit]

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “güya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كویا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1606
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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