ıslık

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اصلق (ıṣlıḳ, “a whistling noise”) (alternatively اصلیق or ایصلق), from Karakhanid سِقْرِقْ (sıḳrıḳ, “a whistle”), from سِقِرْماقْ (sıḳırmaḳ, “to whistle”), from Proto-Turkic *sïkïr- or *sïgïr- (“to whistle”). Compare Proto-Turkic *sïgïrčïk (“starling”). Cognates with Azerbaijani islıq, Kazakh ысқырық (ysqyryq), Kyrgyz ышкырык (ışkırık), Turkmen sykylyk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɯsˈlɯk/ Hyphenation: ıs‧lık === Noun === ıslık (definite accusative ıslığı, plural ıslıklar) A whistling sound made with the mouth. A whistling sound an object makes. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “ıslık”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ıslık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2056