mutlaka

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مطلقا (mutlaka, “absolutely”),[1] derived from Arabic مُطْلَقًا (muṭlaqan), adverbial accusative of مُطْلَق (muṭlaq, “absolute”). The form in /aː/ represents the Arabic pausal pronunciation (as also in evvela or mesela). By surface analysis, mutlak (“absolute”) +‎ -an (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmut.ɫa.kaː/
  • Hyphenation: mut‧la‧ka

Adverb

mutlaka

  1. definitely, absolutely, unconditionally
    Synonyms: kesinlikle, muhakkak, elbette, katiyen

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مطلقا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1892

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.