serpinti

Meaning

  1. The part of something that scatters or sprinkles about; fallout.
  2. To sprinkle or fall in small particles; drizzle, spray.
  3. (figuratively) The gradually diminishing aftereffects of something; fallout.

Synonyms

ekme

Translations

بَغْشَة

πρόσπτωση

προσπτώσεις

ραδιενεργή τέφρα

reşaş

jogaráguabenta

Pronounced as (IPA)
/seɾ.pinˈti/
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish سرپندی (serpindi, “any thing slightly sprinkled or scattered about, a slight rain, sleet or snow, the unexpected ill effects of a remote cause”), alternatively سرپنتی (serpinti), from Ottoman Turkish سرپنمك (serpinmek, “to sprinkle over one's self, to sprinkle slightly”), from Ottoman Turkish سرپمك (serpmek, “to sprinkle slightly, to scatter, (of rain) to fall in a sprinkle”), from Proto-Turkic *sep- (“to scatter, to sprinkle”), morphologically serp- + -in + -ti.

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