yalandan
Azerbaijani
editEtymology
editFrom singular ablative of yalan.
Adverb
edityalandan
- pretendingly, as to pretend, not genuinely
Further reading
edit- “yalandan” in Obastan.com.
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish یالاندن (yalandan),[1][2] from یالان (yalan),[3] equivalent to yalan (“lie, untruth”) + -dan (ablative suffix), literally “from (the) lie”.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edityalandan
- falsely, artificially, in a pretend and theatrical way
- Synonyms: yalancıktan, numaradan, (archaic) sureta
- only for show, without proper care, cursorily
- Synonyms: üstünkörü, baştan savma, eğreti
Noun
edityalandan
References
edit- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “یالاندن”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1535
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یالاندن سویلمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1343
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yalan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “yalandan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yalandan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5173