güle güle

Turkish

Turkish phrasebook

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Etymology

Reduplication of güle, from gül- (“to smile, to laugh”) +‎ -e (adverbial suffix), literally “while laughing/smiling”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɟyˈle.ɟy.le/
Hyphenation: gü‧le‧gü‧le
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Adverb

güle güle

while smiling or laughing, laughingly
(by extension, used in well-wishes) in happiness, with merriment, happily
- 2019 April, Ekrem ÖZBAY, Oğuz Türkmen Boylarından Varsaklar, Hiperlink Yayınları, →ISBN, page 95:
  Yeni bir şey alanlara; "güle güle kullanın, ... güle güle oturun." gibi dileklerde bulunulur.
  Well-wishes are made to those who buy something new like "use happily, reside in happily."
(by extension, used when departing or to someone departing) goodbye, farewell
Synonyms: sağlıcakla, Allah'a ısmarladık, Allah'a emanet ol, (poetic) elveda, (archaic) devletle, (childish) baş baş

Related terms

güle oynaya
güler misin, ağlar mısın
güleyim bari
gülüp geçmek

See also

hoşça kal (literally “stay happily”) (Used only by the person departing.)
yolun açık olsun (literally “may your road be open”) (Used towards a person departing.)

Further reading

“güle güle”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “güle güle”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1797

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