Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اولدم اولهسی (oldum olası, “ever since I came into existence, from my birth until now”),[1] equivalent to ol- (“to be, to become”) + -du (past tense suffix) + -m (1st person singular suffix) + ol- + -ası (adverbial participle suffix, mutated).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- For as long as I can remember, from my earliest recollection; always.
- Synonyms: kendimi bildim bileli, oldum bittim, öteden beri
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اولدم اولهسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 268
Further reading
[edit]- “oldum olası”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “oldum olası”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3609