güle güle

Turkish

Turkish phrasebook

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Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كوله كوله, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kül-. Reduplication of güle, by surface analysis, gül- (“to smile, to laugh”) +‎ -e (“adverbial”), literally “smilingly, laughingly”.

Pronunciation

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

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Adverb

güle güle

1. smilingly, 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."

Interjection

Güle güle!

1. Goodbye!, Bye!

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

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