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Turkish
Etymology
From ana (“mother, (by extension) main, essential”) + -dan (ablative suffix) + doğ- (“to be born”) + -ma (verbal noun suffix), literally “as one was born from their mother”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.naˈdan.doːma/
- Hyphenation: a‧na‧dan‧doğ‧ma
Adverb
anadan doğma
- (figuratively) naked as the day one was born, in one's birthday suit; completely naked
- Synonyms: anadan üryan, çırçıplak, çırılçıplak
- Bornozunu çıkardı ve anadan doğma havuza girdi. ― She took off her bathrobe and went into the pool completely naked.
- (figuratively) since birth
- Synonyms: doğuştan, yaratılıştan, (dated) fıtri
- Hiç aşık olmamış birine aşkı anlatmak, anadan doğma kör birine yakamozların güzelliğini anlatmaya benzer. ― Describing love to someone who's never fallen in love is like describing the beauty of the moonlight's reflection off the sea to someone who is blind since birth.
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