canla başla
Meaning
wholeheartedly, with heart and soul or body and soul
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈd͡ʒan.ɫa.baʃ.ɫa/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جان باش ایله (can baş ile), from جان (cān, can) and باش (baş), equivalent to can (“life, soul, heart”) + -la (instrumental suffix) + baş (“head”) + -la, literally “with soul/life and head”, or can + ile + baş + ile.
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