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)
- A behavior meant to please or seem cute, flirtatious or coquettish attitude.
- Synonyms: kırıtma, naz
- (figuratively) An act of appearing, manifesting.
- Synonym: tecelli
Declension
Declension of cilve
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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cilve
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cilveler
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| definite accusative
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cilveyi
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cilveleri
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| dative
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cilveye
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cilvelere
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| locative
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cilvede
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cilvelerde
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| ablative
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cilveden
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cilvelerden
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| genitive
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cilvenin
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cilvelerin
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Possessive forms
| nominative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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cilvem
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cilvelerim
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| 2nd singular
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cilven
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cilvelerin
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| 3rd singular
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cilvesi
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cilveleri
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| 1st plural
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cilvemiz
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cilvelerimiz
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| 2nd plural
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cilveniz
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cilveleriniz
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| 3rd plural
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cilveleri
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cilveleri
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| definite accusative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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cilvemi
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cilvelerimi
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| 2nd singular
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cilveni
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cilvelerini
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| 3rd singular
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cilvesini
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cilvelerini
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| 1st plural
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cilvemizi
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cilvelerimizi
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| 2nd plural
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cilvenizi
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cilvelerinizi
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| 3rd plural
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cilvelerini
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cilvelerini
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| dative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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cilveme
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cilvelerime
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| 2nd singular
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cilvene
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cilvelerine
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| 3rd singular
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cilvesine
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cilvelerine
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| 1st plural
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cilvemize
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cilvelerimize
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| 2nd plural
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cilvenize
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cilvelerinize
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| 3rd plural
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cilvelerine
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cilvelerine
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| locative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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cilvemde
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cilvelerimde
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| 2nd singular
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cilvende
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cilvelerinde
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| 3rd singular
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cilvesinde
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cilvelerinde
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| 1st plural
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cilvemizde
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cilvelerimizde
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| 2nd plural
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cilvenizde
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cilvelerinizde
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| 3rd plural
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cilvelerinde
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cilvelerinde
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| ablative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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cilvemden
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cilvelerimden
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| 2nd singular
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cilvenden
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cilvelerinden
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| 3rd singular
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cilvesinden
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cilvelerinden
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| 1st plural
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cilvemizden
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cilvelerimizden
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| 2nd plural
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cilvenizden
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cilvelerinizden
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| 3rd plural
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cilvelerinden
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cilvelerinden
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| genitive
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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cilvemin
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cilvelerimin
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| 2nd singular
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cilvenin
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cilvelerinin
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| 3rd singular
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cilvesinin
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cilvelerinin
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| 1st plural
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cilvemizin
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cilvelerimizin
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| 2nd plural
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cilvenizin
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cilvelerinizin
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| 3rd plural
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cilvelerinin
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cilvelerinin
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Derived terms
- cilvebaz
- cilvekâr
- cilvelenmek
- cilveleşmek
- cilveli
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جلوه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 672
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جلوه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 443
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cilve”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading