aday adayı
Turkish
Etymology
From aday (“candidate”) + aday + -ı (possessive suffix), literally “candidate of candidate”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈdaj.a.da.jɯ/
Noun
aday adayı (definite accusative aday adayını, plural aday adayları)
- A person who applies to achieve candidate status for a certain position.
- A person who stands as candidate in a primary election or a candidate nomination event within their political party in a congressional or senatorial election.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aday adayı | aday adayları |
| definite accusative | aday adayını | aday adaylarını |
| dative | aday adayına | aday adaylarına |
| locative | aday adayında | aday adaylarında |
| ablative | aday adayından | aday adaylarından |
| genitive | aday adayının | aday adaylarının |
See also
Further reading
- “aday adayı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “aday adayı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 111