şirret

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شرت (şirret), from Arabic شِرَّة (širra, the being شَرّ (šarr, evil)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiɾˈɾet/
  • Hyphenation: şir‧ret

Adjective

şirret

  1. (colloquial) bitchy, hussy, malicious, quarrelsome, minx, shrew (someone argumentative or irritable, cheeky, rude and loud)

Derived terms

  • şirretçe
  • şirretleşmek
  • şirretlik
Turkish terms derived from the Arabic root ش ر ر (0 c, 2 e)

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