didik didik

Turkish

Etymology

Reduplication of didik, from dit- (“to tear into little pieces”) +‎ -ik (participle suffix), inherited from Ottoman Turkish دیدك دیدك (didik didik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈdic.di.dic/
• Hyphenation: di‧dik‧di‧dik

Adverb

didik didik

1. torn into pieces, torn apart
2. (figuratively) In a very detailed manner, down to the smallest detail.

Derived terms

• didik didik aramak
• didik didik etmek
• didik didik olmak

 

Related terms

• didiklemek
• didinmek
• didişmek

 

Further reading

• “didik didik”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “didik didik”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1210