örvény

== Hungarian == === Etymology === Of debated origin: Borrowed from a Chuvash-type Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). From the verb őr (“to turn”) +‎ -vény. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈørveːɲ] Hyphenation: ör‧vény Rhymes: -eːɲ === Noun === örvény (plural örvények) whirlpool, eddy, swirl abyss, pit, chasm, gulf (figuratively) whirl, turmoil ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === örvény in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.