Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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From Persian البته (albatte, of course), from Arabic اَلْبَتَّة (al-batta).

Cognate with Tatar әлбәттә (älbättä), Kazakh әлбетте (älbette), Uzbek albatta, Turkmen elbetde, Azerbaijani əlbəttə, Turkish elbette, etc.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ɑlbetˈte/

Adverb

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албетте (albette)

  1. of course, certainly, naturally, surely