aftospiyos

Turkish

Alternative forms

• aftospiyoz, aftos piyos, aftos piyoz

Etymology

From Greek αυτός ποιος (είναι;) (aftós poios (eínai;), “who (is) this one?”, a pejorative expression). Compare Turkish kıtıpiyos.

Adjective

aftospiyos (slang)

1. useless, worthless

Declension

Predicative forms of aftospiyos

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	aftospiyosum	aftospiyos muyum?
sen (you are)	aftospiyossun	aftospiyos musun?
o (he/she/it is)	aftospiyos / aftospiyostur	aftospiyos mu?
biz (we are)	aftospiyosuz	aftospiyos muyuz?
siz (you are)	aftospiyossunuz	aftospiyos musunuz?
onlar (they are)	aftospiyos(lar)	aftospiyos(lar) mı?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	aftospiyostum	aftospiyos muydum?
sen (you were)	aftospiyostun	aftospiyos muydun?
o (he/she/it was)	aftospiyostu	aftospiyos muydu?
biz (we were)	aftospiyostuk	aftospiyos muyduk?
siz (you were)	aftospiyostunuz	aftospiyos muydunuz?
onlar (they were)	aftospiyostular	aftospiyos muydular?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	aftospiyosmuşum	aftospiyos muymuşum?
sen (you were)	aftospiyosmuşsun	aftospiyos muymuşsun?
o (he/she/it was)	aftospiyosmuş	aftospiyos muymuş?
biz (we were)	aftospiyosmuşuz	aftospiyos muymuşuz?
siz (you were)	aftospiyosmuşsunuz	aftospiyos muymuşsunuz?
onlar (they were)	aftospiyosmuşlar	aftospiyos muymuşlar?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	aftospiyossam	aftospiyos muysam?
sen (if you)	aftospiyossan	aftospiyos muysan?
o (if he/she/it)	aftospiyossa	aftospiyos muysa?
biz (if we)	aftospiyossak	aftospiyos muysak?
siz (if you)	aftospiyossanız	aftospiyos muysanız?
onlar (if they)	aftospiyossalar	aftospiyos muysalar?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Related terms

• aftos

References

• Aktunç, Hulki (1998), “aftos piyos”, in Türkçenin büyük argo sözlüğü (tanıklarıyla) [Great Dictionary of Turkish Argot (with Attestations)] (in Turkish), Istanbul: YKY, page 31ab
• Eren, Hasan (1999), “aftospiyos”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 3a
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1980), “aftospiyoz”, in Türk argosu: Inceleme ve sözlük (Aydin Kitabevi yayınları. Sözlük dizisi; 1)‎ (in Turkish), 6th edition, Ankara: Aydın Kitabevi, page 54b
• Symeonidis, Charalambos (1973), “Griechische Lehnwörter im Türkischen”, in Balkan Studies‎ (in German), volume 14, § 24, page 174
• Symeonidis, Charalambos (2001), “Zum türkischen Argot und seinen griechischen Elementen”, in Birgit Igla and Thomas Stolz, editors, "Was ich noch sagen wollte…": A multilingual Festschrift for Norbert Boretzky on occasion of his 65th birthday (Studia Typologica; 2) (in German), →DOI, page 185 of 181–187
• Spies, Otto (1931), “Zur Stambuler Geheim- und Berufssprache”, in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung (in German), volume 34, number 12, →DOI, column 1025