dilden dile
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dil (“tongue; language”) + -den (ablative suffix) + dil + -e (dative suffix), literally “from tongue to tongue.”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- (figuratively, for a story, rumor etc. to pass on) orally, verbally
- Synonyms: kulaktan kulağa, ağızdan ağıza
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Further reading[edit]
- “dilden dile”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dilden dile”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1217