aklı başında

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عقلی باشنده (aḳlı başında),[1] from عقل (aḳl, aḳıl) and باش (baş),[2][3] equivalent to akıl (wits, reason, mind) +‎ (possessive suffix) +‎ baş (head) +‎ (possessive suffix) +‎ -(n)da (locative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant), literally his/her/their wits are in their head.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ak.ɫɯ.ba.ʃɯnˈda/
  • Hyphenation: ak‧lı‧ba‧şın‧da

Adjective[edit]

aklı başında

  1. (figuratively) reasonable, sane, lucid
  2. (figuratively) sensible, levelheaded, judicious

Declension[edit]

Adverb[edit]

aklı başında

  1. reasonably, sensibly

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عقلی باشنده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1312
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “akıl”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “baş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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