sallantı

Meaning

1. The act of rocking, shaking, wobbling.
2. (figuratively) Leaving something in suspense, delaying, procrastinating.

Concepts

quake

libration

teetertotter

teeterboard

Synonyms

ihmal

aldırmazlık

tahterevalli

yalpa

Translations

اِرْتِجاج

libració

gronxador

Schaukel

Schaukelbrett

Wippe

Hin und Her

Libration

τραμπάλα

balançoire

secousse

tapecul

ballant

oscillation

roulis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/saɫ.ɫanˈtɯ/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: صاللانمق

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: صاللامق

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: صالمق

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish صاللانمق (ṣallanmaḳ, “to swing, to rock, to oscillate, to vibrate, to falter”), from Ottoman Turkish صاللامق (ṣallamaḳ, “to swing or rock to and fro, to mind, to pay attention”), from Ottoman Turkish صالمق (ṣalmaḳ, “to let go, to free, to let hang down, to send”), from Proto-Turkic *sal- (“to swing, to let hang down, to let go, to spare, to set free, to drop, to lower”), morphologically salla- + -n + -tı.