dilden dile
Turkish
Etymology
From dil (“tongue; language”) + -den (ablative suffix) + dil + -e (dative suffix), literally “from tongue to tongue.”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dilˈden.di.le/
- Hyphenation: dil‧den‧di‧le
Adverb
- (figuratively, for a story, rumor etc. to pass on) orally, verbally
- Synonyms: kulaktan kulağa, ağızdan ağıza
Derived terms
- dilden dile aktarılmak
- dilden dile dolaşmak
- dilden dile geçmek
Related terms
- dil uzatmak
- dile gelmek
- dili dolaşmak
- dili dönmemek
- dili sürçmek
- dilinin ucunda
Further reading
- “dilden dile”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dilden dile”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1217
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