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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دفع اول (defʿ ol),[1][2] from Arabic دَفْع (dafʕ), equivalent to def (an act of pushing away, repelling, expelling) +‎ ol (2nd P. Sg. positive imperative of olmak (to be, to become)).[3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdef.oɫ/
  • Hyphenation: def‧ol

Verb

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defol

  1. second-person singular imperative of defolmak

Interjection

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Defol!

  1. (offensive) Get out!, Beat it!, Piss off!

References

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  1. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دفع اول”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 574
  2. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “دفع اول”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 612
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “def¹”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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  • defol!”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu