ağızdan ağıza
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From ağız (“mouth”) + -dan (ablative suffix) + ağız + -a (dative suffix), literally “from mouth to mouth”.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
- (idiomatic, for a story, rumor etc. to pass on) orally, verbally
- Synonyms: kulaktan kulağa, dilden dile
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Further reading edit
- “ağızdan ağıza”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ağızdan ağıza”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 139