avuntu

Meaning

1. A thing that consoles a person, that someone finds consolation in; solace, relief, distraction.
2. The act of trying to relieve someone's distress through emotional support.

Concepts

comfort

consolation

solace

cold comfort

reassurance

solacement

Synonyms

teselli

avunma

eğlence

Translations

Trost

consolation

dérivatif

consol

παρηγοριά

consuelo

troost

réconfort

solaç

consolazione

conforto

amusement

consolo

confort

Ablenkung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.βunˈtu/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: آونمق

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish آونمق (avunmaḳ, “to be occupied with something in the mind, and so insensible to what transpires”), from Proto-Turkic *abïn- (“to enjoy oneself, to be happy, to comfort”), possibly from Proto-Turkic *ab- (“to crowd, to come together”), morphologically avun- + -tu.