sırt sırta

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صرت صرته (ṣırt ṣırta),[1][2] from صرت (ṣırt),[3] equivalent to sırt (back (of humans, animals), the dorsum; ridge) + sırt + -a (dative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɯɾt.sɯɾ.ta/
  • Hyphenation: sırt‧sır‧ta

Adverb

sırt sırta

  1. back to back (with one's back facing that of somebody else)

Derived terms

  • sırt sırta vermek
  • sırtı pek
  • sırtından bıçaklamak
  • sırtından geçinmek
  • sırtüstü

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صرت صرته ویرمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1173
  2. Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “صرت صرته ویرمك”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 824
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sırt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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