şaka maka
Turkish
Etymology
Echo reduplication from şaka (“joke, fun”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃaˈka.ma.ka/
- Hyphenation: şa‧ka‧ma‧ka
Adverb
- Used to imply the following statement is not very serious, but lighthearted or ironic.
- all kidding aside
- Used when something is recently noticed or its importance just realized.
Derived terms
- şaka maka derken
Related terms
- eşek şakası
- soğuk şaka
- şaka yapmak
- şaka yollu
- şakacı
- şakadan
- şakaya vurmak
Further reading
- “şaka maka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şaka maka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4418
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