doğrusu
Turkish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish طوغریسی (doğrusu, “the truth of the matter”),[1][2] equivalent to doğru (“true, straight, the truth”) + -(s)u (possessive suffix with "s" as buffer consonant). Cognates with Azerbaijani doğrusu, Turkmen dogrusy, Uzbek toʻgʻrisi.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editdoğrusu
- as a matter of fact, in fact, to tell the truth
- Synonyms: aslına bakarsan, (dated) hakçası
Noun
editdoğrusu
- third-person singular possessive of doğru
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوغریسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1257
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طوغریسی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 818
Further reading
edit- “doğrusu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “doğrusu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1259