Where does “kazık kadar” come from?
kazık kadar (Turkish) comes from Turkish kadar, from Ottoman Turkish قدر, from Old Anatolian Turkish قَدَرْ, from Classical Persian قدر, from Arabic قَدْر — value, worth; quantity, amount, size.
kazık kadar (Turkish): (of a person) gigantic, colossal
Definitions
- (of a person) gigantic, colossal
Ancestry of “kazık kadar”, step by step
kazık kadar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish kadar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kadar | extent; quantity |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قدر | as much as |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | قَدَرْ | — |
| 4 | Classical Persian | قدر | — |
| 5 | Arabic | قَدْر | value, worth; quantity, amount, size |
via Turkish kazık
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kazık | A strong wooden or iron shaft, pointed at one end, driven into the ground for support, for tying a tether to or as a marker; a stake, pole or post |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قازیق | stake, picket, pale |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *kaŕguk | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | kaŕ- | to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out |