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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوش یره (boş yere, “in vain, groundlessly”),[1] equivalent to compound of boş (“empty, idle, vain”) + yer (“place, ground, situation”) + -e (dative suffix), literally “to an empty place”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboʃ.je.ɾe/
- Hyphenation: boş‧ye‧re
Adverb
boş yere
- in vain, to no purpose
- Synonyms: boşa, boşuna, boşu boşuna, boş boş
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