sinkaf

== Turkish == === Etymology === Minced oath, from the names of Arabic letters س (sīn) and ق (qāf), for any vulgar or profane phrase that contains sikmek (“to fuck”), which is highly productive. Although, the word sikmek would be spelled with the letter ك (kāf), which would be converted to Turkish as kef. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sinˈkaf/ Hyphenation: sin‧kaf === Noun === sinkaf (definite accusative sinkafı, plural sinkaflar) (slang, euphemistic) Any swear word that contains sikmek (“to fuck”) deliberately changed to censor its offensiveness, similar to eff or f-word. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “sinkaf”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “sinkaf”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat