epey

Turkish

Alternative forms

epeyi

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اپیی (epey, epeyi),^[1] deteriorated from اپ ایو (ep eyü, eyi)^[2]^[3] or اپ ایی (ep eyi, iyi), intensive of ایو (eyü, iyi).^[4] Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *epedgü.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈe.pej/
Hyphenation: e‧pey

Adverb

epey

pretty, quite, fairly
Synonyms: oldukça, iyice, çok, çokça, pek, adamakıllı, hayli

References

^ Sami, Şemseddin. Kamus-ı Türki, haz. Paşa Yavuzarslan, Ankara, Türk Dil Kurumu (2010).
^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اپ ایو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 311
^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اپ ایو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 7
^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “epey”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

“epey”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “epey”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1457

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