Turkish · The Art of the Curse
Cehennemin dibine kadar yolun var!
jeh-hen-neh-MEEN dee-bee-NEH kah-DAR yoh-LOON VAR · /dʒehenneˈmin diˈbine kaˈdaɾ joˈɫun vaɾ/
You can go straight to hell
genuinely rude; friends only, never at work
Literally
"You have a road all the way to the bottom of hell"
Word-for-word — which is rarely what it means.
How to use it
The theatrical "go to hell," and Turkish makes it a whole journey — "all the way to the bottom." It's the elaborate register in action: where English clips it short, Turkish extends the sentence for rhythm and contempt. Short form "cehennem ol!" ("be hell / go to hell!") is punchier. Angry but not obscene; you can deploy this without a body part in your mouth.
Heard in the wild
Bir daha arama beni, cehennemin dibine kadar yolun var!
Don't call me again — you can go straight to hell!
Where it lands
Turkey-wide; universal
Quick answers
- What does "Cehennemin dibine kadar yolun var!" mean?
- In Turkish, "Cehennemin dibine kadar yolun var!" means "You can go straight to hell". Literally it's "You have a road all the way to the bottom of hell". The theatrical "go to hell," and Turkish makes it a whole journey — "all the way to the bottom." It's the elaborate register in action: where English clips it short, Turkish extends the sentence for rhythm and contempt. Short form "cehennem ol!" ("be hell / go to hell!") is punchier. Angry but not obscene; you can deploy this without a body part in your mouth.
- Is "Cehennemin dibine kadar yolun var!" offensive?
- It's genuinely rude — a 3/5 (Watch your audience) on the Punch-o-Meter. Fine among friends, never at work or with people you've just met.
- How do you pronounce "Cehennemin dibine kadar yolun var!"?
- Say it "jeh-hen-neh-MEEN dee-bee-NEH kah-DAR yoh-LOON VAR" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: dʒehenneˈmin diˈbine kaˈdaɾ joˈɫun vaɾ.
Related in Turkish
The same idea, elsewhere
Via concepts like "Get lost".
- French Casse-toi, pauvre con ! Get lost, you pathetic idiot
- German Hau ab! Get lost! / Clear off! / Beat it!
- Greek άντε γαμήσου Go fuck yourself / get lost / piss off.
- Italian Vaffanculo! Fuck off! / Go to hell!
- Japanese 死ね Drop dead / go die
- Korean 꺼져 Get lost / piss off — you're telling a human to power down.
- Polish spierdalaj Fuck off / piss off.
- Portuguese Vagabundo Bum / lowlife / good-for-nothing (f. 'vagabunda' = slut)
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