Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قلباً (ḳalben),[1][2] from Arabic قَلْبًا (qalban) adverbial accusative of قَلْب (qalb, the heart).[3]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkal.ben/
  • Hyphenation: kal‧ben

Adverb edit

kalben

  1. from the heart, sincerely
    Synonyms: gönülden, yürekten, içten

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قلباً”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1467
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قلباً”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 968
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kalp”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading edit