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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سوز كلیشی (söz gelişi), equivalent to söz (“saying, expression”) + geliş (“an act of coming, arrival”) + -i (possessive suffix), literally “as the word comes”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsœz ɟe.li.ʃi/
- Hyphenation: söz‧ge‧li‧şi
Noun
söz gelişi (definite accusative söz gelişini, plural söz gelişleri)
- A figure of speech, a turn of phrase.
- Synonyms: söz gelimi, söz misali, söz temsili
Declension
Postposition
söz gelişi
- Used as preface when giving an example to explain an idea; for instance, for example.
- Synonyms: örneğin, mesela
- Used as preface to a metaphor or a hypothetical situation; in a manner of speaking, in a way.
References
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “سوز كلیشی”, in قاموس تركی (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 746
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