dilden dile
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dil (“tongue; language”) + -den (ablative suffix) + dil + -e (dative suffix), literally “from tongue to tongue.”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- (figuratively, for a story, rumor etc. to pass on) orally, verbally
- Synonyms: kulaktan kulağa, ağızdan ağıza
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dilden dile”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dilden dile”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1217