ulu orta
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اولو اورتا (ulu orta, “the high sea”),[1] from اولو (ulu) and اورتا or اورته (orta),[2][3] equivalent to compound of ulu (“grand, great”) + orta (“middle, center”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈɫu.oɾ.ta/
- Hyphenation: u‧lu‧or‧ta
Adverb
- (idiomatic) overtly, openly
- Synonyms: açıktan açığa, açık açık, açıkça, göz göre göre, düpedüz
- (idiomatic) publicly, without shame
- Synonym: alenen
Related terms
- orta hâlli
- orta malı
- orta nokta
- orta oyunu
- orta şekerli
- orta yol
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اولو اورتا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 243
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ulu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “orta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “ulu orta”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ulu orta”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4980
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