alttan alta
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom alt (“the underside, lower, below”) + -tan (ablative suffix) + alt + -a (dative suffix), literally “from below to below”.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edit- secretly, in secret, covertly
- Synonyms: gizliden gizliye, arkadan arkaya, geriden geriye, gizlice, el altından
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “alttan alta”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “alttan alta”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 222