arka arka
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduplication of arka (“back, rear, behind”), inherited from Ottoman Turkish آرقه آرقه (arḳa arḳa),[1] from آرقه (arḳa).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- backwards, in reverse
- Synonyms: geri, geri geri, gerisin geri, (colloquial) kıçın kıçın, (vulgar) götün götün
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “آرقه آرقه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 30
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “arka”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “arka arka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “arka arka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 291