aç açına
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آج آجنه (ac acına),[1] from آج (ac, aç),[2] equivalent to aç (“hungry”) + aç + -ı (possessive suffix) + -(n)a (dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- (idiomatic) on an empty stomach, without having eaten
- Synonyms: aç, aç karnına
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آج آجنه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 26
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “aç açına”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “aç acına”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 96