yaka paça

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • yaka pençe

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یاقه پاچه (yaḳa paça),[1][2][3] from یاقه (yaḳa) and پاچه (paça),[4][5] equivalent to yaka (collar, neck) + paça (cuff of a pant leg, lower part of the leg of a garment), literally the collar and the pant leg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jaˈka.pa.t͡ʃa/
  • Hyphenation: ya‧ka‧pa‧ça

Adverb

yaka paça

  1. (idiomatic, of making someone move) against one's will, forcibly and violently, by pushing and pulling

Derived terms

  • yaka paça etmek
  • yaka paça götürmek
  • yaka ısırmak
  • yaka silkmek
  • yakası açılmadık
  • yakasına yapışmak
  • yakayı ele vermek

References

  1. Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “یاقه پاچه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1533
  2. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یاقه پاچه قاورامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2189
  3. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یاقه پاچه ایتمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1342
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yaka”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  5. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “paça”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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