gezinti

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كزندی‎ (gezindi, gezinti, “a corridor, place where there is much walking, an idle stroller”)[1], from Ottoman Turkish كزنمك‎ (gezinmek, “to go about without a definite purpose”) or Ottoman Turkish كزینمك‎ (gezinmek)[2], from Ottoman Turkish كزمك‎ (gezmek, “to move or travel about in, to go about or lounge about”), from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- (to wander, to walk through)[3][4], morphologically gez- +‎ -in +‎ -ti.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɟe.zinˈti/
  • Hyphenation: ge‧zin‧ti

Noun

gezinti (definite accusative gezintiyi, plural gezintiler)

  1. A stroll, an outing, a short trip.
    Synonym: (archaic) tenezzüh

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
  • gezinti yeri
  • gezintiye çıkmak

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كزندی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1545
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كزینمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1025
  3. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*gEŕ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “gez-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading
  • gezinti in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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