şöyle

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See also: soyle, söyle, and søyle

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish شویله (şöyle). Analogous to böyle and öyle, but corresponding to the “distant” demonstrative pronoun şu (“that over there”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃøj.le/
  • Hyphenation: şöy‧le

Adjective

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şöyle

  1. such; like that (those) over there
    Şöyle bir hakaret çevrilmez.Such an insult is untranslatable.

Adverb

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şöyle

  1. so; in such a way; like that (those) over there
    Az sonra da şöyle demiş: “Ben savaştan geliyorum, sizi de bir ziyaret edeyim dedim.”
    A bit later he spoke as follows: “I am coming from the war; I said let me pay you a visit.”

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