şeytanca

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شیطانجه (şeytanca),^[1] equivalent to şeytan +‎ -ca.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʃejˈtan.d͡ʒa/
Hyphenation: şey‧tan‧ca

Adjective edit

şeytanca

befitting of a devil, devilish, diabolic, demonic
Synonyms: şeytani, iblisçe, iblisane

Adverb edit

şeytanca

In a way that is befitting of the Devil, devilishly, diabolically.
Synonyms: şeytani, şeytancasına, iblisçe, iblisane

References edit

^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شیطانجه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1148

Further reading edit

“şeytanca”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şeytanca”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4470

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