harfiyen

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حرفیاً (harfiyyen), from Arabic حَرْفِيًّا (ḥarfiyyan) adverbial accusative of حَرْفِيّ (ḥarfiyy), from حَرْف (ḥarf, “letter of the alphabet”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɾˈfi.jen/, /haɾˈfi.jːen/
• Hyphenation: har‧fi‧yen

Adverb

harfiyen

1. to the letter, verbatim, word for word

   Synonyms: harfi harfine, kelimesi kelimesine, motamot

Related terms

• harf
• harf atmak
• harfendaz
• harfitarif

 

Further reading

• “harfiyen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “harfiyen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1878