gayet

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish غایت (gayet, “end, limit, goal; very”), ultimately from Arabic غاية (ḡāya). Doublet of gaye.

Adverb

gayet

1. really, very, quite

   Synonyms: oldukça, çok

Related terms

• gaye

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غایت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 868
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غایت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1335