acaba
Asturian
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editacaba
Catalan
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edit- IPA(key): (Central) [əˈka.βə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əˈka.bə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [aˈka.ba]
- Hyphenation: a‧ca‧ba
Verb
editacaba
- inflection of acabar:
Galician
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editacaba
- inflection of acabar:
Portuguese
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editacaba
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Spanish
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Verb
editacaba
- inflection of acabar:
Turkish
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editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish عجبا (ʿacaba),[1][2] from Arabic عَجَبًا (ʕajaban), adverbial accusative of عَجَب (ʕajab, “astonishment, wonder, amazement”).[3]
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editacaba
- Used to add a meaning of curiosity, indecision or doubt, and sometimes courtesy. Roughly equivalent to “I wonder (if/whether)”, “Would you please...”, “May I...”, "by any chance".
- Bana ne hediye aldı acaba? (curiosity) ― I wonder what did he/she buy me as a present?
- Bu sınavı acaba geçebilir miyim? (doubt) ― I wonder if I could pass this exam?/Could I pass this exam?
- Acaba hangi ayakkabıyı alsam? (indecision) ― (I wonder,) which shoe should I buy?
- Acaba şu çantaya da bakabilir miyim? (courtesy) ― Could I see that bag, too, by any chance?
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عجبا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1286
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عجبا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 839
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “acaba”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “acaba”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “acaba”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 88
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