elbette

Turkish

Alternative forms

• elbet

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish البته (elbette), from Arabic اَلْبَتَّة (al-batta).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

elbette

1. of course, certainly, naturally, surely

   Synonym: tabii

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “elbet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 254
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “البت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 181
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN