aydede

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Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آیدده (aydede),[1] from آی (ay) and دده (dede),[2][3] equivalent to ay (the Moon; a month) +‎ dede (grandfather, grandpa), literally grandpa Moon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaj.de.de/
  • Hyphenation: ay‧de‧de

Noun

aydede (definite accusative aydedeyi, uncountable)

  1. (childish) the Moon
    • 2019 Feb, Victor HUGO, translated by İsmet Birkan, Notre-Dame’ın Kamburu, Can Yayınları, →ISBN, page 610:
      Hey, Üstat, tuhaf açılar yapan şu siyah damlara bakar mısınız! Şuraya, aydedenin kabuğu kırılmış bir yumurta sarısı gibi ezilip yayıldığı şu alçak, örümcek ağını andıran, bulanık ve kirli bulut kümesinin altına?
      Only look, master, at that group of black roofs which form such singular angles—there, beneath that mass of low, streaky, dirty-looking clouds, in which the moon appears smashed and spread about like the yolk of a broken egg.
  2. (regional, Amasya, Ankara) sunflower

Declension

Inflection
Nominative aydede
Definite accusative aydedeyi
Singular Plural
Nominative aydede
Definite accusative aydedeyi
Dative aydedeye
Locative aydedede
Ablative aydededen
Genitive aydedenin

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “آیدده”, in قاموس تركی (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 60
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dede”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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