epey

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Turkish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اپیی (epiy, epey),[1] deteriorated from اپ ایو (ep eyu, eyi)[2][3] or اپ ایی (ep eyi, iyi), intensive of ایو (eyü, iyi).[4] Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *epedgü.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.pej/
  • Hyphenation: e‧pey

Adverb[edit]

epey

  1. pretty, quite, fairly
    Synonyms: oldukça, iyice, çok, çokça, pek, adamakıllı, hayli

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sami, Şemseddin. Kamus-ı Türki, haz. Paşa Yavuzarslan, Ankara, Türk Dil Kurumu (2010).
  2. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اپ ایو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 311
  3. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اپ ایو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 7
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “epey”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading[edit]

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