güle güle

Turkish

Turkish phrasebook

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Etymology

Reduplication of güle, from gül- (“to smile, to laugh”) +‎ -e (adverbial suffix), literally “while laughing/smiling”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟyˈle.ɟy.le/
• Hyphenation: gü‧le‧gü‧le

Adverb

güle güle

1. while smiling or laughing, laughingly
2. (by extension, used in well-wishes) in happiness, with merriment, happily
   • 2019 April, Ekrem ÖZBAY, Oğuz Türkmen Boylarından Varsaklar, Hiperlink Yayınları, →ISBN, page 95:

     Yeni bir şey alanlara; "güle güle kullanın, ... güle güle oturun." gibi dileklerde bulunulur.

     Well-wishes are made to those who buy something new like "use happily, reside in happily."

3. (by extension, used when departing or to someone departing) goodbye, farewell

   Synonyms: sağlıcakla, Allah'a ısmarladık, Allah'a emanet ol, (poetic) elveda, (archaic) devletle, (childish) baş baş

Related terms

• güle oynaya
• güler misin, ağlar mısın
• güleyim bari
• gülüp geçmek

 

See also

• hoşça kal (literally “stay happily”) (Used only by the person departing.)
• yolun açık olsun (literally “may your road be open”) (Used towards a person departing.)

Further reading

• güle güle in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “güle güle”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1797