aydan aya

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آیدن آیه (aydan aya),^[1] from آی (ay),^[2] equivalent to ay (“the Moon; a month”) +‎ -dan (ablative suffix) +‎ ay +‎ -a (dative suffix), literally “from month to month”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ajˈdan.a.ja/
Hyphenation: ay‧dan‧a‧ya

Adverb

monthly, once a month
Synonym: ayda bir

Related terms

References

^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آیدن آیه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 26
^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

“aydan aya”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “aydan aya”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 370

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