ivoren toren

Anlam (İngilizce)

Noun

ivory tower

Name

A title of address for Mary (mother of Jesus), or specifically her neck.

Çeviriler

ivory tower

torre de marfim

Elfenbeinturm

torre d'avorio

torre de marfil

tour d’ivoire

tour d'ivoire

(IPA) olarak telaffuz edilir

/iˌvoː.rə(n) ˈtoː.rə(n)/

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

Fransızca dan ödünç alındı: tour d'ivoire

İngilizce ile aynı kökten türemiştir: ivory tower

In summary

From Song of Songs 7.4. First attested in the 1890s in the non-religious idiomatic sense, which was borrowed from French tour d'ivoire. The shift in meaning during the twentieth century is possibly influenced by English ivory tower.