salise
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ثالثه (salise), an Ottoman coinage meaning third (ordinal), likely because of Arabic ثانِية (ṯāniya) (second) both the unit of time and the ordinal, see there for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saːliˈse/
Noun
salise (definite accusative saliseyi, plural saliseler)
- A unit of time equal to 1⁄60 of a second
- (informal) centisecond (unit of time)
- split-second
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