alt tarafı

== Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish آلت طرف (alt taraf, “the place or part lower down; the sequel of a thing, continuation”), from آلت (alt) and طرف (taraf), equivalent to alt (“lower, below, bottom”) +‎ taraf (“side, face”) +‎ -ı (possessive suffix), literally “the lower or bottom side”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaɫt.ta.ɾa.fɯ/ Hyphenation: alt‧ta‧ra‧fı === Adverb === alt tarafı (figuratively) Used to represent a person, thing, event, situation etc. as lesser than what they seem or what they are; just, only Synonyms: olup olacağı, alt yanı, altı üstü Alt tarafı bir çiçek koklayıp, bir hayvan sahiplenip, birkaç insan tanıyıp, sevip gidecektik bu dünyadan. Nasıl kötü bir zamana denk geldi ömrümüz? ― We were just going to smell a flower, adopt an animal, meet a few people, love and leave this world. How did our lives coincide with such a terrible time period? ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “alt tarafı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “alt tarafı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 222