alçakça

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آلچاقجه (alçaḳca),[1] from آلچاق (alçaḳ),[2] equivalent to alçak (“low, not high; immoral, dishonorable”) +‎ -ça.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aɫˈt͡ʃak.t͡ʃa/
  • Hyphenation: al‧çak‧ça

Adjective[edit]

alçakça

  1. pretty low, fairly low

Adverb[edit]

alçakça

  1. dishonorably, befitting someone low and mean
    Synonyms: adice, rezilce, namertçe, (dated) sefihane

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “آلچاقجه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 51
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “alçak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading[edit]

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