cilve

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جلوه (cilve, a formally showing a bride to her husband after marriage, when he sees her unveiled for the first time, a present as due from a husband to his bride on first beholding her unveiled, (from the foregoing) the coy first appearance of a bride unveiled, coquetry, coquettish airs and graces, any overpowering manifestation of any beautiful or majestic thing, God's manifestation of himself to a saint, the dance of the dervishes),[1][2] from Arabic جِلْوَة (jilwa, unveiling of a bride), verbal noun of جَلَا (jalā, to polish, to clear, to remove, to depart).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒilˈve/
  • Hyphenation: cil‧ve

Noun

cilve (definite accusative cilveyi, plural cilveler)

  1. A behavior meant to please or seem cute, flirtatious or coquettish attitude.
    Synonyms: kırıtma, naz
  2. (figuratively) An act of appearing, manifesting.
    Synonym: tecelli

Declension

Inflection
Nominative cilve
Definite accusative cilveyi
Singular Plural
Nominative cilve cilveler
Definite accusative cilveyi cilveleri
Dative cilveye cilvelere
Locative cilvede cilvelerde
Ablative cilveden cilvelerden
Genitive cilvenin cilvelerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular cilvem cilvelerim
2nd singular cilven cilvelerin
3rd singular cilvesi cilveleri
1st plural cilvemiz cilvelerimiz
2nd plural cilveniz cilveleriniz
3rd plural cilveleri cilveleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular cilvemi cilvelerimi
2nd singular cilveni cilvelerini
3rd singular cilvesini cilvelerini
1st plural cilvemizi cilvelerimizi
2nd plural cilvenizi cilvelerinizi
3rd plural cilvelerini cilvelerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular cilveme cilvelerime
2nd singular cilvene cilvelerine
3rd singular cilvesine cilvelerine
1st plural cilvemize cilvelerimize
2nd plural cilvenize cilvelerinize
3rd plural cilvelerine cilvelerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular cilvemde cilvelerimde
2nd singular cilvende cilvelerinde
3rd singular cilvesinde cilvelerinde
1st plural cilvemizde cilvelerimizde
2nd plural cilvenizde cilvelerinizde
3rd plural cilvelerinde cilvelerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular cilvemden cilvelerimden
2nd singular cilvenden cilvelerinden
3rd singular cilvesinden cilvelerinden
1st plural cilvemizden cilvelerimizden
2nd plural cilvenizden cilvelerinizden
3rd plural cilvelerinden cilvelerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular cilvemin cilvelerimin
2nd singular cilvenin cilvelerinin
3rd singular cilvesinin cilvelerinin
1st plural cilvemizin cilvelerimizin
2nd plural cilvenizin cilvelerinizin
3rd plural cilvelerinin cilvelerinin

Derived terms

  • cilvebaz
  • cilvekâr
  • cilvelenmek
  • cilveleşmek
  • cilveli

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جلوه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 672
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جلوه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 443
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cilve”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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