az buçuk
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آز بوچوق[1] or آز بچوق (az buçuḳ),[2][3] from آز (az) and بچق or بچوق or بوچوق (buçuḳ),[4][5] equivalent to az (“little, few”) + buçuk (“half”), literally “a little and a half”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- barely, hardly
- Synonyms: ucu ucuna, anca, ancak, dar, darı darına
- somewhat, to a degree
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آز بوچوق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 77
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آز بچوق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 26
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “آز بچوق”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 31
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “az”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “buçuk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “az buçuk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “az buçuk”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 397