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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دیكنه (dikine),[1] from دیك (dik),[2] equivalent to dik (“vertical, upright; perpendicular”) + -i (possessive suffix) + -(n)e (dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.ciˈne/
- Hyphenation: di‧ki‧ne
Adverb
dikine
- vertically or perpendicularly
- Synonym: diklemesine
- (figuratively) for spite, out of stubbornness
- Synonym: inadına
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