peyderpey
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پی در پی (pey der pey),[1][2] from Persian پای (pây, “foot”) and در (dar, “at, in, within”).[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]peyderpey
- little by little, piece by piece
- Synonyms: azar azar, yavaş yavaş, adım adım
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پی در پی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 461
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پی در پی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 329
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “peyderpey”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “peyderpey”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “peyderpey”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3839