tiszteleg

Hungarian

Etymology

[1842] tisztel (to respect) + -eg (verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtistɛlɛɡ]
  • Hyphenation: tisz‧te‧leg

Verb

tiszteleg

  1. (intransitive) to salute (a formal gesture made in honor of someone or something, usually with the hand or hands in one of various particular positions)
    Synonym: szalutál

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • tisztelgés

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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