didik didik
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reduplication of didik, from dit- (“to tear into little pieces”) + -ik (participle suffix), inherited from Ottoman Turkish دیدك دیدك (didik didik).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- torn into pieces, torn apart
- (figuratively) In a very detailed manner, down to the smallest detail.
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References[edit]
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دیدك دیدك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 933
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “didik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- “didik didik”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “didik didik”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1210