yarı yarıya

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یاری یاری یه (yarı yarıya),[1][2][3] from یاری (yarı),[4] equivalent to yarı (“half”) +‎ yarı +‎ -(y)a (dative suffix with "y" as buffer consonant), literally “half to half”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jaˈɾɯ.ja.ɾɯ.ja/
  • Hyphenation: ya‧rı‧ya‧rı‧ya

Adverb

yarı yarıya

  1. by half, as much as half of
  2. fifty-fifty, in equal parts

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یاری یاری یه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2184
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یاری یاری یه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1337
  3. Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “یاری یاری یه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1526
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yarı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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