epey
Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اپیی (epey, epeyi),[1] deteriorated from اپ ایو (ep eyü, eyi)[2][3] or اپ ایی (ep eyi, iyi), intensive of ایو (eyü, iyi).[4] Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *epedgü.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]epey
References
[edit]- ^ Sami, Şemseddin. Kamus-ı Türki, haz. Paşa Yavuzarslan, Ankara, Türk Dil Kurumu (2010).
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اپ ایو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 311
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اپ ایو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 7
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “epey”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “epey”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “epey”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1457