şaka maka
Turkish
editEtymology
editEcho reduplication from şaka (“joke, fun”).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edit- Used to imply the following statement is not very serious, but lighthearted or ironic.
- all kidding aside
- Used when something is recently noticed or its importance just realized.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “şaka maka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şaka maka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4418