tahminen

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تخمینا (taḫminā)[1][2] or تخمیناً (taḫminen, “as an estimate, about”),[3] from Arabic تَخْمِينًا (taḵmīnan) adverbial accusative of تَخْمِين (taḵmīn, “guess, speculation”), verbal noun of خَمَّنَ (ḵammana).[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tahˈmiːnen/
  • Hyphenation: tah‧mi‧nen

Adverb

tahminen

  1. approximately, presumably, more or less
    Synonyms: takriben, yaklaşık olarak

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تخمینا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 518
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تخمینا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 355
  3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “تخمیناً”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 389
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tahmin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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