eyvallah

• eyv, eyw (Internet slang)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایوالله (eyvallah), from Arabic اي or ايا + والله (wal-lāhi).^[1] The noun is from eyvallah demek (“to accept, to agree to”, literally “to say eyvallah”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈej.vaɫ.ɫah/
• Hyphenation: ey‧val‧lah

eyvallah (colloquial)

1. thanks

   Synonyms: sağ ol, teşekkür ederim

2. alright, okay

   Synonyms: tamam, olur, peki

3. goodbye

   Synonym: allahaısmarladık

eyvallah (definite accusative eyvallahı, uncountable)

1. acceptance, approval [with dative]

   Hadi 2,000 liraya da eyvallah, ama 2,500 lira nedir?

   Okay, I can still agree to 2,000 lira, but 2,500 lira? Come on!

• “eyvallah”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “eyvallah”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “eyvallah”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1530