alttan alta

Turkish

Etymology

From alt (“the underside, lower, below”) +‎ -tan (ablative suffix) +‎ alt +‎ -a (dative suffix), literally “from below to below”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɫtˈtan.aɫ.ta/
• Hyphenation: alt‧tan‧al‧ta

Adverb

alttan alta

1. secretly, in secret, covertly

   Synonyms: gizliden gizliye, arkadan arkaya, geriden geriye, gizlice, el altından

Related terms

• alt alta
• alt tarafı
• altı üstü
• altüst
• ayakaltı
• kahvaltı

 

Further reading

• “alttan alta”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “alttan alta”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 222