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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دوشه قالقه (düşe ḳalḳa),[1] from دوشمك (düşmek) and قالقمق (ḳalḳmaḳ),[2][3] equivalent to düş- (“to fall”) + -e (adverbial suffix) + kalk- (“to get up”) + -a (adverbial suffix), literally “by falling and getting up”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dyˈʃe.kaɫ.ka/
- Hyphenation: dü‧şe‧kal‧ka
Adverb
düşe kalka
- (idiomatic) with difficulty, by fits and starts, fitfully
- Synonyms: güçlükle, zorlukla, öle dirile, zar zor, bata çıka
- (idiomatic, usually negative connotations) by hanging out frequently, as one spends a lot of time with (someone)
2023 March 21, Feyza YÖNDEM, “Archived copy”, in HAYATINIZIN KALİTESİNİ, HAYATINIZDAKİ İNSANLARIN KALİTESİ BELİRLER, Zonguldak: Karadeniz Son Havadis, archived from the original on 16 May 2023:Karamsar tiplerle düşe kalka bir bakmışsınız ki sizde hayata karamsarlık penceresinden bakıyorsunuz.- As you frequently hang out with pessimistic types, before you know it, you, too, are looking at life through the window of pessimism.
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