nedense
Turkish
Etymology
From neden (“why, for what reason”) + -se. By surface analysis, neden + ise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neˈden.se/
- Hyphenation: ne‧den‧se
Adverb
nedense
- Due to an unknown, uncertain reason; for some reason, somehow, for whatever reason.
- Synonyms: her nedense, her ne hikmetse, nasılsa, her nasılsa
Related terms
Further reading
- “nedense”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nedense”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3511