soyut

Turkish

Etymology

From soy- (“to strip, to peel”) +‎ -ut; a calque of Arabic مُجَرَّد (mujarrad, “stripped, peeled”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /soˈjut/

Adjective

soyut

  1. intangible, incorporeal, abstract
    Synonyms: (obsolete) mücerret, abstre
    Antonym: somut

Derived terms
  • soyutlaşmak
  • soyutlaştırmak
  • soyutlaşmış
  • soyutçu
  • soyutçuluk

References
  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “soyut”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading
  • “soyut”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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