anadan doğma

== Turkish == === Etymology === From ana (“mother”) +‎ -dan (ablative suffix) +‎ doğ- (“to be born”) +‎ -ma (verbal noun suffix), literally “as one was born from their mother”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.naˈdan.doːma/ Hyphenation: a‧na‧dan‧doğ‧ma === Adverb === anadan doğma (figuratively) naked as the day one was born, in one's birthday suit; completely naked Synonyms: anadan üryan, çırçıplak, çırılçıplak Bornozunu çıkardı ve anadan doğma havuza girdi. ― She took off her bathrobe and went into the pool completely naked. (figuratively) since birth Synonyms: doğuştan, yaratılıştan, (dated) fıtri Hiç aşık olmamış birine aşkı anlatmak, anadan doğma kör birine yakamozların güzelliğini anlatmaya benzer. ― Describing love to someone who's never fallen in love is like describing the beauty of the moonlight's reflection off the sea to someone who is blind since birth. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “anadan doğma”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “anadan doğma”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 239