sırt sırta
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish صرت صرته (ṣırt ṣırta),[1][2] from صرت (ṣırt),[3] equivalent to sırt (“back (of humans, animals), the dorsum; ridge”) + sırt + -a (dative suffix).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edit- back to back (with one's back facing that of somebody else)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صرت صرته ویرمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1173
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “صرت صرته ویرمك”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 824
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sırt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “sırt sırta”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sırt sırta”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4217