giderayak
Turkish
Etymology
From git- (“to go, to leave”) + -er (Simple Present suffix) + ayak (“foot”), literally “(with/on) the leaving foot”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɟiˈdeɾ.a.jak/
- Hyphenation: gi‧der‧a‧yak
Adverb
giderayak
- (figurative) while leaving or right about to leave
- (figurative) at the last minute
- Synonym: son anda
- (figurative) towards the end of a process
Related terms
- ayakaltı
- ayaküstü
- gelen giden
- gide gele
- gide gide
- gidici
- gitgide
Further reading
- “giderayak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “giderayak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1716