çöküntü

Meaning

  1. A collapse, breakdown
  2. The remnant of things that have collapsed; debris, wreck, wreckage.
  3. depression
  4. The materials that settle down at the bottom of a liquid; sediment, deposit.
  5. subsidence, caving
  6. economic crisis, depression

Synonyms

tortu

virane

büyük üzüntü

Frequency

42k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡ʃœ.cynˈty/
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish چوكندی (çökündü, “fallen materials, sediment, deposit”), from Ottoman Turkish چوكونمك (çökünmek, “to kneel or crouch down, for sediment to settle”), from Ottoman Turkish چوكمك (çökmek, “to collapse, to fall down, for sediment to settle or be precipitated”), from Proto-Turkic *čök- (“to kneel, to sit down”), morphologically çök- + -ün + -tü.

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