istavrit
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish استاوریت (istavrit), استاورید (istavrid), from Greek σταυρίδι (stavrídi), σαυρίδι (savrídi), from Byzantine Greek σαυρίδιον (saurídion), diminutive of σαυρίς (saurís) (classically σαῦρος (saûros)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editistavrit (definite accusative istavriti, plural istavritler)
Usage notes
edit- The variant stem istavrid- may also be used.
Declension
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editFurther reading
edit- “istavrit”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istavrit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük