sittinsene

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Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ستین سنه (sittin sene),[1][2] from Arabic سِتِّين (sittīn, “sixty”, informal indefinite) +‎ سَنَة (sana, “year”), literally “sixty years”.[3][4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sitˈtin.se.ne/
  • Hyphenation: sit‧tin‧se‧ne

Adverb

sittinsene

  1. (figuratively, generally used in the negative) for a very long time, (not) in a donkey's years

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ستین سنه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1040
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ستین سنه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 666
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sittin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sene”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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