göğüs göğüse
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گوگس گوگسه (göğüs göğüse),[1] from گوگس (göks, gögs, göğüs),[2] equivalent to göğüs (“chest, breast”) + göğüs + -e (dative suffix), literally “chest to chest”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- (figuratively) very closely faceing one another, face to face, at close quarters
- Synonyms: karşı karşıya, yüz yüze
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “گوگس گوگسه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1209
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “göğüs”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- “göğüs göğüse”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “göğüs göğüse”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1740