anadan doğma

Turkish

Etymology

From ana (“mother, (by extension) main, essential”) +‎ -dan (ablative suffix) +‎ doğ- (“to be born”) +‎ -ma (verbal noun suffix), literally “as one was born from their mother”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.naˈdan.doːma/
• Hyphenation: a‧na‧dan‧doğ‧ma

Adverb

anadan doğma

1. (figuratively) naked as the day one was born, in one's birthday suit; completely naked

   Synonyms: anadan üryan, çırçıplak, çırılçıplak

   Bornozunu çıkardı ve anadan doğma havuza girdi. ― She took off her bathrobe and went into the pool completely naked.

2. (figuratively) since birth

   Synonyms: doğuştan, yaratılıştan, (dated) fıtri

   Hiç aşık olmamış birine aşkı anlatmak, anadan doğma kör birine yakamozların güzelliğini anlatmaya benzer. ― Describing love to someone who's never fallen in love is like describing the beauty of the moonlight's reflection off the sea to someone who is blind since birth.

Related terms

• ana baba
• ana baba günü
• ana dil
• ana fikir
• ana kuzusu
• anadan doğmuşa dönmek
• anaokulu
• anasından doğduğuna pişman olmak
• anayasa
• denizanası

 

Further reading

• “anadan doğma”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “anadan doğma”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 239