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Idiomatic Doublets Doubles Troubles I'll have an assonant hendiadys to go, please -- and hold the mayo... Category 6 Turkish Doublets -- Arising from repeated words Related Pages: The Turkish Idioms A-Z, Index Turkish Acronyms/Abbreviations Idioms Origin Stories, Index Idioms Illustrated by Cartoons #1 Doubles Troubles Links Introduction Ass on henry's what?! Lewis's doublet categories Category 1 -- both meaningful words Category 2 -- one meaningful word Category 3 -- both meaningless words ikilemeler Category 4 -- according to word order Category 5 -- arising from numbers Category 6 -- arising from repeated words Category 7 -- according to syllable harmony Category 8 -- according to vowel harmony Category 9 -- according to 'b' and 'p' Category 10 -- m-doublets m-doublet surprise! Category 6 -- ikilemeler arising from repeated words Expression is strengthened in ikilemeler consisting of repeated words. The ikilemeler Literal Meaning Plain English Meaning Example usage and English translation aptalın aptalı the stupid of stupid dumber than dumb Aptalın aptalı Temel... The very most stupid Temel... Who's Temel, anyway? beterin beteri the worse of worse the very worst Beterin beteri terörist ... The very worst terrorist... bilginler bilgini the scholar of scholars the very most scholarly Bilginler bilgini Einstein... The very most scholarly Einstein... kahramanlar kahramanı the hero of heroes the very most heroic; a super-hero Kahramanlar kahramanı Superman... The Super-hero Superman... Related Pages: The Turkish Idioms A-Z, Index Turkish Acronyms/Abbreviations Idioms Origin Stories, Index Idioms Illustrated by Cartoons #1 Unrelated fun: Frequently asked questions about Turkey and the Turkish language Tarkan's Metamorphosis Album -- Christmas Day Release Turkish Music -- Tarkan Real-Life Weight Loss a la turc (with booklet) Habibullah and the Great Cannon Caper A simple Turkish 'thing'... Turkish Music -- Kayahan Turkish Belly Dancers Turkish Food and Beverage Turkish Terms Of Endearment Turkish Personal Names Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor Off-Color Turkish Gossipy Turkish Who's Who Turkish Conventional and 'Erotik' Movies, Index To Category 7 Turkish Doublets -- According to 'Syllable' Harmony

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