boşuna
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From boş (“empty, idle, vain”) + -u (possessive suffix) + -(n)a (dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant), literally “to (its) vain, in vain”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]boşuna
- in vain, to no purpose
- Synonyms: boşa, boşu boşuna, boş yere, boş boş
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “boşuna”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu