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Turkish
Etymology
From ad (“name, title”) + -ı (possessive suffix) + üst (“top, upper”) + -ü (possessive suffix) + -(n)de (locative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant), literally “its name is on it”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈdɯ.ys.tyn.de/
- Hyphenation: a‧dı‧üs‧tün‧de
Adverb
adı üstünde
- Used to indicate that the name of a thing is self-explanatory or self-describing, that it suggests the qualities or attributes it displays.
- Çünkü adı üstünde o bir çocuk ve çocuk gibi gördüğünü yapar. ― Because he is, as the name suggests, a child and does what he sees as a child would.
- İstisnalar elbette vardır, ama adı üstünde onlar birer istisnadır. ― Exceptions indeed exist, but, as their name would suggest, they are exceptions.
2023 April 2, ‘Özel hayatımı deşifre etmeyi sevmiyorum, adı üstünde özel’, İstanbul: Hürriyet:Bilmeniz gerektiği kadarını biliyorsunuz işte. Yaptığım işler, ailem... Özel hayatımı deşifre etmeyi sevmiyorum, adı üstünde özel. Bu bilinçli bir tercih.- You know as much as you need to know, anyways. The work I do, my family... I don't like exposing my private life, it's in the name, private. This is a conscious choice.
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