düşe kalka
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish دوشه قالقه (düşe ḳalḳa),[1] from دوشمك (düşmek) and قالقمق (ḳalḳmaḳ),[2][3] equivalent to düş- (“to fall”) + -e (adverbial suffix) + kalk- (“to get up”) + -a (adverbial suffix), literally “by falling and getting up”.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edit- (idiomatic) with difficulty, by fits and starts, fitfully
- Synonyms: güçlükle, zorlukla, öle dirile, zar zor, bata çıka
- (idiomatic, usually negative connotations) by hanging out frequently, as one spends a lot of time with (someone)
- 2023 March 21, Feyza YÖNDEM, “Archived copy”, in HAYATINIZIN KALİTESİNİ, HAYATINIZDAKİ İNSANLARIN KALİTESİ BELİRLER[1], Zonguldak: Karadeniz Son Havadis, archived from the original on 16 May 2023:
- Karamsar tiplerle düşe kalka bir bakmışsınız ki sizde hayata karamsarlık penceresinden bakıyorsunuz.
- As you frequently hang out with pessimistic types, before you know it, you, too, are looking at life through the window of pessimism.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “دوشه قالقه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 628
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “düş-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kalk-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “düşe kalka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “düşe kalka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1335