katiyen
Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish قطعیاً (ḳatʿiyyen),[1][2] from Arabic قَطْعِيًّا (qaṭʕiyyan), adverbial accusative of قَطْعِيّ (qaṭʕiyy).[3]
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
katiyen
- never, under no circumstances
- Synonyms: asla, hiçbir zaman
- definitely, absolutely
- Synonyms: kesinlikle, kesin olarak, katiyetle
- 1930 June 27, advertisement for pest control on page 6 of Yarın:
- Kokusu lâtif olup kat'iyyen leke yapmaz.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قطعیا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1462
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قطعیا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 965
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kati”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “katiyen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “katiyen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2472