didik didik

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Reduplication of didik, from dit- (“to tear into little pieces”) +‎ -ik (participle suffix), inherited from Ottoman Turkish دیدك دیدك (didik didik).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diˈdic.di.dic/
  • Hyphenation: di‧dik‧di‧dik

Adverb

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didik didik

  1. torn into pieces, torn apart
  2. (figuratively) In a very detailed manner, down to the smallest detail.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دیدك دیدك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 933
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “didik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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