burun buruna
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بورون بورونه (burun buruna),[1][2] from بورون (burun),[3] equivalent to burun (“nose”) + burun + -a (dative suffix), literally “nose to nose”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- (figuratively) very closely facing each other, vis-à-vis, face to face
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References[edit]
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بورون بورونه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 397
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بورون بورونه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 284
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “burun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- “burun buruna”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “burun buruna”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 706