el altından
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ال آلتندن (el altından),[1][2] from ال (al, el) and آلت (alt),[3][4] equivalent to el (“hand”) + alt (“under, lower, bottom”) + -ı (possessive suffix) + -(n)dan (ablative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant), literally “from under the hand”. Cognates with Azerbaijani əl altından.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- (idiomatic) underhandedly, secretly, covertly, clandestinely
- Synonyms: gizliden gizliye, gizlice
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ال آلتندن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 178
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ال آلتندن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 131
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “el”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “alt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “el altından”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “el altından”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1403