kırk
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[edit]< 39 | 40 | 41 > |
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Cardinal : kırk Ordinal : kırkıncı | ||
Etymology
[edit]From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (kırk, “forty”), from Proto-Turkic *kïrk (“forty”).
Numeral
[edit]kırk
Turkish
[edit]400 | ||||
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4 | ||||
Cardinal: kırk Ordinal: kırkıncı Distributive: kırkar |
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قرق (kırk, “forty; many”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (kırk, “forty”), from Proto-Turkic *kïrk (“forty”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Numeral
[edit]kırk
- forty (in idiomatic expressions it often relates to an unspecified number)
Derived terms
[edit]- (idiomatic expressions)
- kırk kere (sordu) (asked for) umpteen;untold times)
- kırk dereden su getirmek (make all kinds of excuses, literally “carry water from forty different creeks”)
- kılı kırk yarma (finicalness; split hairs)
- kırk yıllık kani olur mu yani (you can not teach an old dog a new trick)
- yalancı kırk yılda bir doğru söylese de inanan olmaz (liar is not believed even when he tells the truth)
- kırk yılda bir (once in a blue moon)
- kırk yıl düşünsem aklıma gelmezdi (beat all, not even in one's wildest dreams) (for better or worse)
References
[edit]- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قرق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 954
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