alçakça

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آلچاقجه (alçaḳca),^[1] from آلچاق (alçaḳ),^[2] equivalent to alçak (“low, not high; immoral, dishonorable”) +‎ -ça.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /aɫˈt͡ʃak.t͡ʃa/
Hyphenation: al‧çak‧ça

Adjective edit

alçakça

pretty low, fairly low

Adverb edit

alçakça

dishonorably, befitting someone low and mean
Synonyms: adice, rezilce, namertçe, (dated) sefihane

Related terms edit

References edit

^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “آلچاقجه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 51
^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “alçak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading edit

“alçakça”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “alçakça”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 196

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