sözüm ona

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سوزم اوكا (sözüm oña, “present company excepted”),^[1] from سوز (söz),^[2] equivalent to söz (“phrase, saying”) +‎ o (3rd P. Sg. pronoun) +‎ -(n)a (dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant), literally “my phrase is directed at them, I'm referring to them”.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /sœˈzym.o.na/
Hyphenation: sö‧züm‧o‧na

Adverb edit

sözüm ona

(idiomatic, used in contempt) supposedly, allegedly
Synonyms: güya, sözde, sanki

Related terms edit

References edit

^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “سوزم اوكا”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 746
^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “söz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading edit

“sözüm ona”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sözüm ona”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4326

[1] Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “سوزم اوكا”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 746

[2] Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “söz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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