topu topu

Turkish

Etymology

Reduplication of topu, from top (“anything rounded up, balled up; whole, complete; ball”) +‎ -u (possessive suffix), literally “all of it”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈpu.to.pu/
• Hyphenation: to‧pu‧to‧pu

Adverb

topu topu

1. Generally to indicate the thing in question is little in amount; in total, in all, all in all
2. approximately, more or less

Related terms

• top top
• toplam
• toplamak
• toplantı
• topluluk
• toplum
• toptan
• topyekûn
• tortop

 

Further reading

• “topu topu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “topu topu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4864