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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دوستجه (dostca, dostça),[1][2] from دوست (dost),[3] equivalent to dost (“friend”) + -ça.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdost.t͡ʃa/
- Hyphenation: dost‧ça
Adjective
dostça
- friendly, befitting a friend
Adverb
dostça
- In a manner that is befitting a friend.
- Synonym: dostane
References
Further reading
- “dostça”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dostça”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1279
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN