kolayca

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قولایجه (ḳolayca),[1][2] from قولای (ḳolay),[3] equivalent to kolay (“easy”) +‎ -ca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈɫaj.d͡ʒa/
Hyphenation: ko‧lay‧ca

Adjective

kolayca

rather easy, fairly easy

Adverb

kolayca

with ease, easily
Synonyms: kolaylıkla, kolaycacık, kolay kolay, kolayına, zahmetsizce

Antonyms: güçlükle, zorlukla, zar zor, güç bela

Related terms

dile kolay
kolayda
kolaylık

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قولایجه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1494
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قولایجه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 987
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kolay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

“kolayca”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kolayca”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2716

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