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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ساعت باشی (saʿat başı),[1][2] from ساعت (saʿat) and باش (baş),[3][4] equivalent to saat (“hour”) + baş (“head; beginning”) + -ı (possessive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈat.ba.ʃɯ/
- Hyphenation: sa‧at‧ba‧şı
Noun
saat başı (definite accusative saat başını, plural saat başları)
- The first minute of every hour; the top of the hour.
Declension
Adverb
saat başı
- once every hour, hourly
- (figuratively) very frequently, nonstop, incessantly
- Synonyms: sık sık, zırt pırt, ikide bir, ikide birde
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ساعت باشی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1028
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ساعت باشی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 658
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “saat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “baş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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