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Turkish
Etymology
From kırk (“forty”) + yıl (“year”) + -ın (genitive suffix) + baş (“head, beginning”) + -ı (possessive suffix), literally “once in/every forty years”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɯɾk.jɯ.ɫɯn.ba.ʃɯ/
- Hyphenation: kırk‧yı‧lın‧ba‧şı
Adverb
kırkyılın başı
- (idiomatic) very rarely, once in a blue moon
- Synonyms: kırkyılda bir, ayda yılda bir
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