epey
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Alternative forms
- epeyi
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اپیی (epey, epeyi),[1] deteriorated from اپ ایو (ep eyü, eyi)[2][3] or اپ ایی (ep eyi, iyi), intensive of ایو (eyü, iyi).[4] Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *epedgü.
Pronunciation
Adverb
epey
References
- Sami, Şemseddin. Kamus-ı Türki, haz. Paşa Yavuzarslan, Ankara, Türk Dil Kurumu (2010).
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اپ ایو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 311
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اپ ایو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 7
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “epey”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “epey”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “epey”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1457
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