can havliyle
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جان هولیله (can havliyle),[1] from جان (cān, can) and هول (havl, havil),[2][3] equivalent to can (“life, soul, heart”) + havl (“fright, terror”) + -i (possessive suffix) + -yle, literally “with terror for (one's) life/soul”, or can + havli + ile.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
- Out of fear for one's life, for dear life, desperately.
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “جان هولیله”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 467
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “can”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “havil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “can havliyle”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “can havli ile”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 750