omuz omuza
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوموز اوموزه (omuz omuza),[1] from اوموز (omuz),[2] equivalent to omuz (“shoulder”) + omuz + -a (dative suffix), literally “shoulder to shoulder”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- (of people) Standing very tightly next to each other.
- (figuratively) In solidarity, unity.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوموز اوموزه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 26
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “omuz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “omuz omuza”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “omuz omuza”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3616