adam başına

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Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آدم باشنه (adam başına),[1][2] from آدم (adam) and باش (baş),[3][4] equivalent to adam (man; human being, person) +‎ baş (head) +‎ (possessive suffix) +‎ -(n)a (dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant), literally (per) man's head. Cognates with Azerbaijani adam başına, Bashkir әҙәм башына (əźəm başına), Crimean Tatar adam başına, Karachay-Balkar адам башына (adam başına), Kazakh адам басына (adam basyna), Kyrgyz адам башына (adam başına), Tatar адәм башына (adäm başına), Turkmen adam başyna, Uyghur ئادەم بېشىغا (adem bëshigha), Uzbek odam boshiga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈdam.ba.ʃɯ.na/
  • Hyphenation: a‧dam‧ba‧şı‧na

Adverb

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adam başına

  1. per person, per capita
    Synonym: kişi başına
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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آدم باشنه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 51
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آدم باشنه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 239
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “adam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “baş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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