hafifçe

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خفیفجه (ḫafifce),[1][2] from خفیف (ḫafif),[3] equivalent to hafif (light, easy, soft) + -çe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haˈfif.t͡ʃe/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧fif‧çe

Adjective

hafifçe

  1. pretty light, fairly light

Declension

Adverb

hafifçe

  1. slightly, softly, faintly
    Synonym: belli belirsiz
  • eli hafif
  • hafif hafif
  • hafif yollu
  • hafife almak
  • hafifmeşrep

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خفیفجه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 858
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خفیفجه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 547
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hafif”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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