talány - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• 1 Hungarian
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    * 1.3.1 Declension
    * 1.3.2 Derived terms
  • 1.4 References
  • 1.5 Further reading

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From the tal- stem of the verb talál (“to find”) +‎ -ány (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

• IPA(key): [ˈtɒlaːɲ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧lány
• Rhymes: -aːɲ

talány (plural talányok)

1. (literary) mystery (something unexplainable)
   Synonym: rejtély
2. (archaic) enigma, puzzle

• talányos

• talányokban beszél

1. ^ talány in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

• talány 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.

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