salaklık

Turkish

Etymology

By surface analysis, salak (“stupid”) +‎ -lık (-ness).

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Pronunciaation

  • IPA(key): /sa.ɫakˈɫɯk/

Noun

salaklık (definite accusative salaklığı, plural salaklıklar)

  1. stupidity, an act that is stupid
    O sözde arkadaşına güvenerek çok büyük salaklık etti.
    It was very stupid of him to trust his so-called friend.
    (literally, “he did a great stupidity”)
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