tepeden tırnağa

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Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تپه‌دن طرناغه,[1] or تپه‌دن طیرناغه (tepeden ṭırnaġa)[2] from تپه (tepe) and طرناق (ṭırnaḳ),[3][4] equivalent to tepe (“top, crown; hill”) +‎ -den (ablative suffix) +‎ tırnak (“nail (finger or toe)”) +‎ -a (dative suffix), literally “from the top to the nail”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /te.peˈden.tɯɾ.naːa/
  • Hyphenation: te‧pe‧den‧tır‧na‧ğa

Adverb

tepeden tırnağa

  1. (figuratively) completely, wholly, from top to bottom, from top to toe
    Synonyms: tepeden ayağa, tamamen, baştan aşağı, baştan başa, baştan sona

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تپه‌دن طرناغه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 492
  2. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “تپه‌دن طیرناغه”, in قاموس تركی (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 379
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tepe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tırnak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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