dilek

Meaning

A desire, wish, request.

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/diˈlec/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دیلك (dilek, “a wish, request, demand”), from Ottoman Turkish دیلهمك (dilemek, “to wish for, to desire, to long for, to request”), from Proto-Turkic *tilek (“a wish, request”), from *tile- (“to wish”), from *til (“tongue”), equivalent to dile- + -k.

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