az buçuk

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آز بوچوق[1] or آز بچوق (az buçuḳ),[2][3] from آز (az) and بچق or بچوق or بوچوق (buçuḳ),[4][5] equivalent to az (“little, few”) +‎ buçuk (“half”), literally “a little and a half”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaz.bu.t͡ʃuk/
  • Hyphenation: az‧bu‧çuk

Adverb

az buçuk

  1. barely, hardly
    Synonyms: ucu ucuna, anca, ancak, dar, darı darına
  2. somewhat, to a degree
    Synonyms: az çok, biraz
  • az az
  • az daha
  • az sonra
  • azar azar
  • çok olmak
  • çok şükür
  • en az
  • en azından
  • üç buçuk
  • üç buçuk atmak
  • yarı buçuk

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آز بوچوق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 77
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آز بچوق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 26
  3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “آز بچوق”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 31
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “az”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  5. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “buçuk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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