ahmakça
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish احمقجه (aḥmaḳca),[1][2] from احمق (aḥmaḳ),[3] equivalent to ahmak (“stupid, gullible”) + -ça.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ahmakça
- pretty stupid, fairly stupid
Adverb edit
ahmakça
- befitting someone stupid, idiotically, foolishly
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “احمقجه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 58
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “احمقجه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 78
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ahmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “ahmakça”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ahmakça”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 155