bulaşıcı
Turkish
Etymology
From bulaş- (“to pass on, to spread”) + -ıcı (-ous).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bu.ɫɑ.ʃɯ.ˈdʒɯ]
- Hyphenation: bu‧la‧şı‧cı
Adjective
bulaşıcı
- contagious (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- (figurative) contagious (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
- Gülmek bulaşıcıdır. ― Laughing is contagious.
Derived terms
- bulaşıcı hastalık
- bulaşıcılık
Further reading
- bulaşıcı in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “bulaşıcı”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “bulaşıcı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 654