sarsıntı

Meaning

  1. A sudden shake, jerk.
  2. A tremor, quake, earthquake.
  3. A shock, concussion.

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/saɾ.sɯnˈtɯ/
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish صارسمق (sarsmaḳ, “to shake, to joggle”), from Proto-Turkic *sar- (“to treat harshly, to pick on”), morphologically sars- + -ın + -tı.

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