yok yere
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یوق یره (yoḳ yere),[1][2] from یوق (yoḳ),[3] equivalent to yok (“there isn't, not, none”) + yer (“place, ground”) + -e (dative suffix), literally “to no place”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- in vain, to no purpose, unnecessarily
- Synonyms: boş yere, boşa, boşuna, boşu boşuna
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یوق یره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2216
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یوق یره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1365
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yok”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “yok yere”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yok yere”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5348