adamına göre

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آدمنه كوره (adamına göre), from آدم (adam) and كوره (göre), equivalent to adam (“man; human being, person”) +‎ -ı (possessive suffix) +‎ -(n)a (dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant) +‎ göre (“depending on”), literally “depending on the person”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.da.mɯˈna.ɟœ.ɾe/
• Hyphenation: a‧da‧mı‧na‧gö‧re

Adverb

adamına göre

1. (idiomatic) Used to indicate favoristic treatment depending on whom the person is dealing with; preferentially, discriminatorily.

Related terms

• adam adama
• adam başına
• adam gibi
• adam yokluğunda
• adamakıllı
• adamca
• adamcıl

 

Further reading

• “adamına göre”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “adamına göre”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 110