es

English translation: rest

10:56 May 14, 2009

Turkish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / Vocab Item

Turkish term or phrase: es

Greetings,

In the Turkish language there is a word “es” taken from the name of the letter S. According to my dictionary, “es” means “rest”, but I can't track this term down to anything in actual musical notation.

Most people seem to be familiar with this “es” from the expression “es geçmek”, which seems to mean “not to pay attention to something”.

Can you help, please? Is a letter S or something similar used to signify a rest in the playing of Turkish classical music, for instance?

All the best, and many thanks,

Simon

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English translation:rest

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For Turkish usage check the following link for terms under the title müzik;
http://www.tureng.com/search/sus

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chevirmen
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Serkan Doğan

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Not related to the letter S

Özden Arıkan

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rest

chevirmen
Türkiye
Local time: 15:20
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Reference: Not related to the letter S

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I couldn't find further info, but S is a very old term (older than the beginning of the influence of any Western language), so I really don't think it would be related to the letter S. The TDK dictionary says it's a Turkish term, but doesn't elaborate on the origin (as usual :-S); in the etymological dictionary of S. Nişanyan (link below) it is mentioned to have derived from the Persian "as" - again, no further info.

Reference: http://www.nisanyansozluk.com/search.asp?w=es&x=18&y=7

Özden Arıkan
Germany
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Turkish

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