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çevirme

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃe.viɾˈme/

“çevirme” is a Turkish word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. Animals like lamb, kid or chicken roasted whole on a spit.
  2. A makeshift wall made out of thorns and branches.
  3. A flanking maneuver; encirclement, surrounding.
  4. A checkpoint along a road.
  5. An act of changing the pitch in a piece.

adjective

  1. That which is translated.
  2. That which is made by turning.

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme, “turned, especially (roast meat) turned on a spit”), by surface analysis, çevir- (“to turn, to spin”) + -me.

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