ışık
Meaning
- light (electromagnetic wave)
- inspired thought, ray of inspiration; inspiration
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ı‧şık
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ɯˈʃɯk]
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایشق (ışık, “light”), from Proto-Turkic *yạĺčuk (“light, sun”), from *yạĺču- (“to shine on”), equivalent to ışı- + -k. Cognate with Azerbaijani işıq (“light”), Turkmen yşyk (“light”).
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Sentences
Dalların arasından geçen ışık yabancının ağzını ve çenesini aydınlatmıştı.
The light passing through the branches illuminated the stranger's mouth and jaw.
Babam bu kadar okumama kızar, bazan romanları alıp atar , bazan geceleri odama ışık verdirmezdi.
My father was angry at my reading so much, sometimes he took the novels and threw them away, sometimes he did not light up my room at night.
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