marionette, puppet · puppet (someone who is easily influenced or controlled by another)
çekim: çoğul marionnettes
köken: From a diminutive of mariole, from the name Marie (“Mary”). The word originally meant a small statue of the Virgin Mary, then also a puppet of her used in religious theatrical presentations, finally generalised to any puppet.
marionette (puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings) · dupe, front man, puppet, stooge, straw man (one who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit)
çekim: çoğul marionetki · tamlayan marionetki
eş: kukła, manekin
köken: Etymology tree French marionette Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Old Polish -ka Polish -ka Polish marionetka From French marionette + Polish -ka.
köken: Borrowed from Russian марионетка (marionetka), from French marionnette. The Russian -ка (-ka) has been discarded to better approximate the original French.