askıda

Turkish

Etymology

Compound of askı (“hanger”) +‎ -da (locative suffix). The food sense comes from the practice of hanging a sheet of paper representing a previously bought item of food.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /as.kɯˈda/

Noun

askıda

  1. locative singular of askı

Adjective

askıda

  1. (idiomatic) pending, undecided, unsettled, up in the air
  2. (typically of an article of food) bought by someone beforehand for another person to get it free of charge

Usage notes

  • In the sense of pending, only used predicatively, the attributive form of nearly same meaning is askıda kalmış.
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