yok yere

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یوق یره (yoḳ yere),[1][2] from یوق (yoḳ),[3] equivalent to yok (“there isn't, not, none”) +‎ yer (“place, ground”) +‎ -e (dative suffix), literally “to no place”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjok.je.ɾe/
  • Hyphenation: yok‧ye‧re

Adverb

yok yere

  1. in vain, to no purpose, unnecessarily
    Synonyms: boş yere, boşa, boşuna, boşu boşuna

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یوق یره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2216
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یوق یره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1365
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yok”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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