bir çırpıda
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بر چرپیده (bir çırpıda),[1] from بر (bir) and چرپی (çırpı),[2][3] equivalent to bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”) + çırpı (“cut clippings of a branch; a line drawn on timber with a painted string”) + -da (locative suffix), from çırp- (“to hit, to strike”) + -ı (deverbal nominal suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- (figuratively) in one fell swoop, in one stroke, at once, quickly
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بر چرپیده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 717
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çırpı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- “bir çırpıda”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bir çırpıda”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 617