In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
NASALIZATION
nasalization, nasalisation
(noun) the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nasalization (countable and uncountable, plural nasalizations)
(phonetics, uncountable) the articulation of a vowel or continuant consonant in such a way that air flows through the nose at the same time as it flows through the mouth
(countable) a particular instance of such change
(Irish grammar) eclipsis
Source: Wiktionary
Na`sal*i*za"tion, n.
Definition: The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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