mutlaka

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مطلقا (mutlaka, “absolutely”), derived from Arabic مُطْلَقًا (muṭlaqan), adverbial accusative of مُطْلَق (muṭlaq, “absolute”), with loss of the nunation, resulting in mutlaka instead of expected *mutlakan, with pronunciation of final /aː/ instead of /an/ (compare Turkish mesela, for Arabic مَثَلاً (maṯalan), or evvela, for Arabic أَوَّلًا (ʔawwalan)). By surface analysis, mutlak (“absolute”) +‎ -an (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmut.ɫa.kaː/
• Hyphenation: mut‧la‧ka

Adverb

mutlaka

1. definitely, absolutely, unconditionally

   Synonyms: kesinlikle, muhakkak, elbette, katiyen

Further reading

• “mutlaka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mutlak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük