yarı yarıya

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یاری یاری یه (yarı yarıya),[1][2][3] from یاری (yarı),[4] equivalent to yarı (“half”) +‎ yarı +‎ -(y)a (dative suffix with "y" as buffer consonant), literally “half to half”.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jaˈɾɯ.ja.ɾɯ.ja/
  • Hyphenation: ya‧rı‧ya‧rı‧ya

Adverb

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yarı yarıya

  1. by half, as much as half of
  2. fifty-fifty, in equal parts
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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یاری یاری یه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2184
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یاری یاری یه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1337
  3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “یاری یاری یه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1526
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yarı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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