çepeçevre
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چپ چوره (çepe çevre),[1][2] from چوره (çevre),[3] possibly equivalent to a reduplication of çevre (“circumference; environment”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]çepeçevre
Adverb
[edit]çepeçevre
- In a way to surround all sides, all around.
- Synonym: fırdolayı
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چپ چوره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 713
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چپ چوره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 467
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çevre”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “çepeçevre”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çepeçevre”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 933