arkadan arkaya
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آرقهدن آرقهیه (arḳadan arḳaya),[1] from آرقه (arḳa),[2] equivalent to arka (“back, rear, behind”) + -dan (ablative suffix) + arka + -(y)a (dative suffix with "y" as buffer consonant), literally “from behind to behind”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- secretly, in secret, covertly
- Synonyms: gizliden gizliye, alttan alta, geriden geriye, gizlice, el altından
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “آرقهدن آرقهیه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 30
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “arka”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “arkadan arkaya”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “arkadan arkaya”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 291