sadece

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ساده‌جه (sadece), from Persian ساده (sâde, “simple, plain”). Can be analyzed as sade +‎ -ce.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [sɑ:dedʒe], colloquial [sɑ:dʒe]

Hyphenation: ge‧ri

Adverb

sadece

1. only, just

   Synonyms: ancak, bir tek, yalnızca

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sade”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ساده‌جه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1026