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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یاری یاری یه (yarı yarıya),[1][2][3] from یاری (yarı),[4] equivalent to yarı (“half”) + yarı + -(y)a (dative suffix with "y" as buffer consonant), literally “half to half”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaˈɾɯ.ja.ɾɯ.ja/
- Hyphenation: ya‧rı‧ya‧rı‧ya
Adverb
yarı yarıya
- by half, as much as half of
- fifty-fifty, in equal parts
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یاری یاری یه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2184
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یاری یاری یه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1337
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “یاری یاری یه”, in قاموس تركی (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1526
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yarı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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