dikine

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دیكنه (dikine), from دیك (dik), equivalent to dik (“vertical, upright; perpendicular”) +‎ -i (possessive suffix) +‎ -(n)e (dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.ciˈne/
• Hyphenation: di‧ki‧ne

Adverb

dikine

1. vertically or perpendicularly

   Synonym: diklemesine

2. (figuratively) for spite, out of stubbornness

   Synonym: inadına

Derived terms

• dikine gitmek
• dikine tıraş

 

Related terms

• dik dik
• diken
• dikey
• dikilmek
• dikiş
• dikit
• dikmek

 

Further reading

• “dikine”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dikine”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1215