aç biilaç

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • aç bîilaç (superseded spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اج بیعلاج (ac bi-ilāc), from آج (ac, aç) and بیعلاج (bi-ilāc), from Persian بیـ (bê-, bi-, -less) +‎ Arabic عِلَاج (ʕilāj, “remedy, cure”),[1][2] equivalent to aç (“hungry”) +‎ biilaç (“remedyless, cureless”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈat͡ʃ.biːlat͡ʃ/
  • Hyphenation: aç‧bi‧i‧laç

Adverb

aç biilaç

  1. (dated, poetic) In a hungry and uncared-for state.

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “biilaç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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