adam adama
Turkish
Etymology
From adam (“man; human being, person”) + adam + -a (dative suffix), literally “man to man”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈdam.a.da.ma/
- Hyphenation: a‧dam‧a‧da‧ma
Adverb
- by watching like a shadow
- (sports) man-to-man, one-on-one
Derived terms
- adam adama savunma
Related terms
- adam başı
- adam boyu
- adam sen de
- adam yokluğunda
- adamakıllı
- adamına göre
Further reading
- “adam adama”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “adam adama savunma”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 109