yok pahasına
Turkish
Alternative forms
- yok pahaya (colloquial)
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یوق بهاسنه (yoḳ bahasına, pahasına)[1] or یوق بهایه (yoḳ bahaya, pahaya),[2] from یوق (yoḳ) + بها (baha, paha)[3][4] equivalent to yok (“there isn't, not, none”) + paha (“price, cost, value”) + -(s)ı (“possessive suffix with "s" as buffer consonant”) + -(n)a (“dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant”), literally “for the price of nothing, for no price”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjok.pa.ha.sɯ.na/
- Hyphenation: yok‧pa‧ha‧sı‧na
Related terms
- ateş pahası
- can pahasına
- kan pahası
- paha biçilmez
- pahasına
- us pahası
- yok satmak
- yok yok
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یوق بهاسنه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 297
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یوق بهایه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 414
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yok”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “paha”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “yok pahasına”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yok pahasına almak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5348
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