soluk soluğa
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صولوغی صولوغنه (ṣoluġu ṣoluġuna),[1][2] from صولوق (ṣoluḳ),[3] equivalent to soluk (“breath, an instance of breathing”) + -u (possessive suffix) + soluk + -u (possessive suffix) + -(n)a (dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- In a state of breathlessness, while out of breath, short-winded.
- Synonyms: nefes nefese, (rare) gürsoluk
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References[edit]
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صولوغی صولوغنه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1195
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صولوغی صولوغنه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 775
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “soluk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- “soluk soluğa”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “soluk soluğa”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4289