ulu orta

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

IPA^(key): /uˈɫu.oɾ.ta/
Hyphenation: u‧lu‧or‧ta

Adverb[edit]

(idiomatic) overtly, openly
Synonyms: açıktan açığa, açık açık, açıkça, göz göre göre, düpedüz
(idiomatic) publicly, without shame
Synonym: alenen

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اولو اورتا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 243
^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ulu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “orta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading[edit]

“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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