oyuntu

Meaning

  1. A hole or cavity dug out, cut out, carved out etc.
  2. A ditch, gully.

Concepts

Pronounced as (IPA)
/o.junˈtu/
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish اوینتی (oyuntu, “an excavation, the material scooped out”), from Ottoman Turkish اویمق (oymaḳ, “to excavate, to scoop out, to carve, to engrave”), from Proto-Turkic *oy- (“to dig, to pick”), morphologically oy- + -un + -tu.

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