ıslık

Meaning

1. A whistling sound made with the mouth.
2. A whistling sound an object makes.

Concepts

whistle

Synonyms

düdük

ıslık çalmak

yuhalama

ıslıklama

Translations

Pfiff

sifflement

Flöte

🪈

Pfeife

Pfiffe

Auspfeifen

Trillerpfeife

σφυρίχτρα

sifflet

fischietto

fîk

fîtik

fluitje

apito

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɯsˈlɯk/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: اصلق

Cognate with Azerbaijani: islıq

Cognate with Kazakh: ысқырық

Cognate with Kyrgyz: ышкырык

Cognate with Turkmen: sykylyk

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اصلق (ıṣlıḳ, “a whistling noise”) (alternatively اصلیق or ایصلق), from Karakhanid سِقْرِقْ (sıḳrıḳ, “a whistle”), from سِقِرْماقْ (sıḳırmaḳ, “to whistle”), from Proto-Turkic *sïkïr- or *sïgïr- (“to whistle”). Compare Proto-Turkic *sïgïrčïk (“starling”). Cognates with Azerbaijani islıq, Kazakh ысқырық (ysqyryq), Kyrgyz ышкырык (ışkırık), Turkmen sykylyk.