bihaber
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian بیخبر (bi-xabar). Equivalent to bi- + haber.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bi‧ha‧ber
Adjective
bihaber
References
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بی خبر (bî-haber), from Classical Persian بِیخَبَر (bi-xabar). By surface analysis, bi- + haber (“news, information”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /biː.haˈbeɾ/, [biː.hɑˈbæɾ̞̊]
- IPA(key): (colloquial) /bi.haˈbeɾ/, [bi.hɑˈbæɾ̞̊]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Hyphenation: bi‧ha‧ber
Adjective
bihaber
Adverb
bihaber
- cluelessly, without knowing [with ablative]
- Fırtınanın geleceğinden bihaber dışarı çıkmışlar
- They went outside without knowing that the storm was approaching
Derived terms
- bihaberlik
Further reading
- “bihaber”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “bihaber”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bihaber”, in Nişanyan Sözlük