dolayı

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طولایی (dolayı, “surrounding; pertaining, concerning”), from the same root as dolamak. Cognate with Azerbaijani dolayı.

Postposition

dolayı

because of, for, due to
Sorunlarından dolayı bilgisayar kapandı.
The computer was closed because of the problems.

Synonyms

ötürü

Derived terms

şundan dolayı

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dolayı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طولایی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1261

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