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Azerbaijani
Alternative forms
Etymology
From an earlier form eylə (now superseded). Possibly ultimately from merging of the earlier forms of o (“that”) and ile, ilə (“with”). Cognate with Karakhanid اَیْلا (ayla, eyle) and اَیْلُقْاَیْلُقْ (ayluq-ayluq, ayloq-ayloq), which Kashghari marks as Oghuz words. Also cognate with Kipchak alay, Turkish öyle, Turkmen eýle. Not cognate with Turkish öğle (“noon”) Tatar өйлә (öylä, “noon”). See belə for more.
Pronunciation
Determiner
elə
- like that
2018 February 18, Strateq.az:Putindən əsl supermen düzəldirlər, ancaq o elə deyil.- They are making a real superman out of Putin, but he is not like that.
2011 July 9, Rəşad Süleymanov, kitabxana.net:Qəddafi üzdən sadəlövh və bədəvi görünür. Əslində o, elə deyil. Bu insan hər şeyə diqqət yetirirdi.- Gaddafi makes an impression of a naïve Bedouin. In reality, he isn't like that. This person paid attention to everything.
- such
Onun dövründəki təzyiq və zorakılıq elə bir həddə gəlmişdir ki...- In his time, oppression and violence reached such a level, that...
Adverb
elə
- so, like that, in such a way
- elə deyilmi? ― Isn't it so?
- elə(dir)mi? ― is that so? really?
2011 July 9, Rəşad Süleymanov, kitabxana.net:Elə eləmə ki, səninlə məhkəmədə görüşək.- Don't act in such a way that we'll have to meet in a courtroom.
2011 July 9, Rəşad Süleymanov, kitabxana.net:Hər bir insan həyatını elə yaşamalıdır ki, illər keçdikdən sonra geriyə baxanda təəssüflənməsin.- Every person must live their life in such a way that they won't have to feel regret when looking back after the years have passed.
- so much
2014 April 30, Aysel İsgəndərli, Bizim Yol:Oğlumu elə döymüşdülər ki, tərpənə bilmirdi.- They beat up my son so much that he couldn't move.
Derived terms
Particle
elə
- used for emphasis: very, same
- elə həmin gün ― the very day
- used for emphasis: just, exactly
2018 May 18, Azərbaycan Müəllimi:Məncə, bu işin elə ən çətin tərəfi budur.- In my opinion, the most difficult aspect of this job is just this.
2018 May 18, Azərbaycan Müəllimi:Amma təəssüf ki, tarix boyu, bəlkə də, elə ən çox pozulan bu arzu, bu istək olub...- But unfortunately, it is perhaps exactly this desire, this wish, that has been the most frequently disregarded one.
References
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “öyle”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, 1974–, page 247
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 113