bata çıka
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom bat- (“to sink, to dive”) + -a (adverbial suffix) + çık- (“to rise, to ascend, to come up or out”) + -a (adverbial suffix), literally “by sinking and coming up”.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edit- (idiomatic) (of movement) with difficulty, by fits and starts, fitfully
- Synonyms: güçlükle, zorlukla, öle dirile, zar zor, düşe kalka
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “bata çıka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bata çıka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 506