yok pahasına

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • yok pahaya (colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یوق بهاسنه (yoḳ bahasına, pahasına)[1] or یوق بهایه (yoḳ bahaya, pahaya),[2] from یوق (yoḳ) +‎ بها (baha, paha)[3][4] equivalent to yok (“there isn't, not, none”) +‎ paha (“price, cost, value”) +‎ -(s)ı (“possessive suffix with "s" as buffer consonant”) +‎ -(n)a (“dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant”), literally “for the price of nothing, for no price”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjok.pa.ha.sɯ.na/
  • Hyphenation: yok‧pa‧ha‧sı‧na

Adverb

yok pahasına

  1. (idiomatic) at a very low price, for a song and a dance
    Synonym: ölü fiyatına
  • ateş pahası
  • can pahasına
  • kan pahası
  • paha biçilmez
  • pahasına
  • us pahası
  • yok satmak
  • yok yok

References

  1. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یوق بهاسنه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 297
  2. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یوق بهایه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 414
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yok”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “paha”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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