güya

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كویا (güya), from Classical Persian گویَا (gōyā).

• IPA^(key): /ɟyːˈjaː/
• IPA^(key): /ɟøˈjaː/ (nonstandard)
• Hyphenation: gü‧ya

güya

1. supposedly, allegedly

   güya kolu kırılmış ― supposedly, his arm was broken

güya

1. (idiomatic) as if (refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely)

• “güya”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “güya”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كویا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1062
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “güya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كویا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1606