aftospiyos
Turkish
Alternative forms
- aftospiyoz, aftos piyos, aftos piyoz
Etymology
From Greek αυτός ποιος (είναι;) (aftós poios (eínai;), “who (is) this one?”, a pejorative expression). Compare Turkish kıtıpiyos.
Adjective
aftospiyos (slang)
Declension
| present tense | ||
|---|---|---|
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I am) | aftospiyosum | aftospiyos muyum? |
| sen (you are) | aftospiyossun | aftospiyos musun? |
| o (he/she/it is) | aftospiyos / aftospiyostur | aftospiyos mu? |
| biz (we are) | aftospiyosuz | aftospiyos muyuz? |
| siz (you are) | aftospiyossunuz | aftospiyos musunuz? |
| onlar (they are) | aftospiyos(lar) | aftospiyos(lar) mı? |
| past tense | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | aftospiyostum | aftospiyos muydum? |
| sen (you were) | aftospiyostun | aftospiyos muydun? |
| o (he/she/it was) | aftospiyostu | aftospiyos muydu? |
| biz (we were) | aftospiyostuk | aftospiyos muyduk? |
| siz (you were) | aftospiyostunuz | aftospiyos muydunuz? |
| onlar (they were) | aftospiyostular | aftospiyos muydular? |
| indirect past | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | aftospiyosmuşum | aftospiyos muymuşum? |
| sen (you were) | aftospiyosmuşsun | aftospiyos muymuşsun? |
| o (he/she/it was) | aftospiyosmuş | aftospiyos muymuş? |
| biz (we were) | aftospiyosmuşuz | aftospiyos muymuşuz? |
| siz (you were) | aftospiyosmuşsunuz | aftospiyos muymuşsunuz? |
| onlar (they were) | aftospiyosmuşlar | aftospiyos muymuşlar? |
| conditional | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (if I) | aftospiyossam | aftospiyos muysam? |
| sen (if you) | aftospiyossan | aftospiyos muysan? |
| o (if he/she/it) | aftospiyossa | aftospiyos muysa? |
| biz (if we) | aftospiyossak | aftospiyos muysak? |
| siz (if you) | aftospiyossanız | aftospiyos muysanız? |
| onlar (if they) | aftospiyossalar | aftospiyos muysalar? |
For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.
Related terms
References
- Aktunç, Hulki (1998) “aftos piyos”, in Türkçenin büyük argo sözlüğü (tanıklarıyla) [Great Dictionary of Turkish Argot (with Attestations)] (in Turkish), Istanbul: YKY, page 31ab
- Eren, Hasan (1999) “aftospiyos”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language][1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 3a
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1980) “aftospiyoz”, in Türk argosu: Inceleme ve sözlük (Aydin Kitabevi yayınları. Sözlük dizisi; 1)[2] (in Turkish), 6th edition, Ankara: Aydın Kitabevi, page 54b
- Symeonidis, Charalambos (1973) “Griechische Lehnwörter im Türkischen”, in Balkan Studies[3] (in German), volume 14, § 24, page 174
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- Spies, Otto (1931) “Zur Stambuler Geheim- und Berufssprache”, in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung (in German), volume 34, number 12, , column 1025