istavrit
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]istavrit (definite accusative istavriti, plural istavritler)
Usage notes
[edit]- The variant stem istavrid- may also be used.
Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “istavrit”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istavrit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük