yok pahasına
Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- yok pahaya (colloquial)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یوق بهاسنه (yoḳ bahasına, pahasına)[1] or یوق بهایه (yoḳ bahaya, pahaya),[2] from یوق (yoḳ) + بها (baha, paha)[3][4] equivalent to yok (“there isn't, not, none”) + paha (“price, cost, value”) + -(s)ı (“possessive suffix with "s" as buffer consonant”) + -(n)a (“dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant”), literally “for the price of nothing, for no price”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- (idiomatic) at a very low price, for a song and a dance
- Synonym: ölü fiyatına
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یوق بهاسنه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 297
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یوق بهایه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 414
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yok”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “paha”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “yok pahasına”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yok pahasına almak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5348