hazırcevap

Meaning

witty, quickwitted, quick to make an appropriate remark or comeback

Synonyms

kıvrak zekalı

yerinde cevap

şıpyanıt

Translations

Schlagfertigkeit

zungenfertig

geistesgegenwärtig

schlagfertige Antwort

مُرْتَجِل

Pronounced as (IPA)
/haˈzɯɾ.d͡ʒe.vap/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حاضر جواب (hazır cevab), from Arabic حَاضِر (ḥāḍir) and جَوَاب (jawāb), equivalent to hazır (“ready, prepared”) + cevap (“answer, reply”).

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