tepeden tırnağa
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish تپهدن طرناغه,[1] or تپهدن طیرناغه (tepeden ṭırnaġa)[2] from تپه (tepe) and طرناق (ṭırnaḳ),[3][4] equivalent to tepe (“top, crown; hill”) + -den (ablative suffix) + tırnak (“nail (finger or toe)”) + -a (dative suffix), literally “from the top to the nail”.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edit- (figuratively) completely, wholly, from top to bottom, from top to toe
- Synonyms: tepeden ayağa, tamamen, baştan aşağı, baştan başa, baştan sona
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تپهدن طرناغه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 492
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “تپهدن طیرناغه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 379
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tepe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tırnak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “tepeden tırnağa”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tepeden tırnağa”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4739