yerli yerinde
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یرلو یرنده (yerli yerinde), from Old Anatolian Turkish یرلو یرنده (yẹrlü yẹrinde). By surface analysis, yerli + yerinde.
Adverb
- in its proper place
- (figurative) properly, appropriately
Further reading
- “yerli yerinde”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “yerli yerinde”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı