şaka maka

Turkish

Etymology

Echo reduplication from şaka (“joke, fun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈka.ma.ka/
• Hyphenation: şa‧ka‧ma‧ka

Adverb

şaka maka

1. Used to imply the following statement is not very serious, but lighthearted or ironic.
2. all kidding aside
3. Used when something is recently noticed or its importance just realized.

Derived terms

• şaka maka derken

 

Related terms

• eşek şakası
• soğuk şaka
• şaka yapmak
• şaka yollu
• şakacı
• şakadan
• şakaya vurmak

 

Further reading

• “şaka maka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şaka maka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4418