defaten
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دفعةً (defʿaten),[1][2] from Arabic دَفْعَةً (dafʕatan) adverbial accusative of دَفْعَة (dafʕa, “a push, thrust; one go; a payment”), from دَفَعَ (dafaʕa, “to push; to repel; to pay”).[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]defaten
- (archaic) suddenly, all of a sudden
- Synonyms: aniden, ansızın, apansız, birden, birdenbire
- (archaic) in one go, in one foul swoop
- Synonyms: bir çırpıda, bir hamlede, şipşak
- (dated, misusage) a number of times, over and over
- Synonym: defalarca
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دفعةً”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 907
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دفعةً”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 575
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “defaten”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “defaten”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “defʿaten”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1125