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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اڭی قونی (eñi ḳonu)[1][2][3] from اڭ (eñ, “width”), from Proto-Turkic *ēn (“breadth, width”),[4] from *ēn- (“to go down, to descend”),[5][6] deteriorated from ineyim (1st P. Sg. optative inflection of inmek (“to descend”)) + konayım (1st P. Sg. optative inflection of konmak (“to perch, to alight”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈni.ko.nu/
- Hyphenation: e‧ni‧ko‧nu
Adverb
enikonu
- (idiomatic) at length, thoroughly, in detail
- Synonyms: enine boyuna, iyiden iyiye, iyice, oldukça, etraflıca, adamakıllı
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اڭی قونی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 26
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اڭی قونی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 125
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “اڭی قونی”, in قاموس تركی (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 143
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ēn”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ēn-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “en²”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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