tıpkı
Meaning
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An exact match of a thing, its identical copy.
Frequency
Hyphenated as
tıp‧kı
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɯp.kɯ/
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طبقی (ṭıbḳı), from Arabic طِبْقًا (ṭibqan), adverbial accusative of طِبْق (ṭibq, “thing that matches in form”), it is uncertain if it is derived with the Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba suffix) or Turkish -ı (possessive suffix).
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