Onomatopoeic words are words which imitate or represent sounds produced by people, animals, objects, or by nature.
🙋🏻♀️ Today, we’re going to learn 10 of these words. First group consists of words imitating sounds made by humans:
çış-pış / pış-pış – whispering
lep-lep / döp-döp / dört-dört – throbbing of the heart
tıpır-tıpır – tramping of feet (usually while dancing)
🐶 Words imitating sounds produced by animals are:
waw-waw / haw-haw – barking of a dog
çüt-çüt / çut-çut – singing of a bird (usually of a nightingale)
🚜 Words imitating sounds produced by objects are:
tır-tır – sound of an engine (tractor, car, etc.)
kelt-kelt – sound of a ticking clock
dañ-dañ / dañğır-doñğır – ringing of church bells
şatır-şotır – crackling (e.g. fire)
🌊 Words imitating sounds produced by nature are:
döber-döber / döber-şatır – sound of thunder
çelter-çelter / çıltır-çıltır – murmur of a brook or stream
✨ Some words don’t represent sounds but are closely related to onomatopoeic words:
cem-cem – the twinkling, sparkling of stars, the glistening of snow, etc.
yalt-yolt – the flash of lightning
yalt – a swift action
çelt-çelt – quick, repeated blinking or twinkling of the eye
qırt – sudden, quick cessation of an action (speech, music, etc.)
If you want to learn more words like these, here is Bulat’s video.