şaka maka

Turkish

Etymology

Echo reduplication from şaka (“joke, fun”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaˈka.ma.ka/
  • Hyphenation: şa‧ka‧ma‧ka

Adverb

şaka maka

  1. Used to imply the following statement is not very serious, but lighthearted or ironic.
  2. all kidding aside
  3. Used when something is recently noticed or its importance just realized.

Derived terms

  • şaka maka derken

Further reading

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