takriben

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تقریبا (takriba), from Arabic تَقْرِيبًا (taqrīban), adverbial accusative of تَقْرِيب (taqrīb). By surface analysis, takrip +‎ -en (adverbial suffix).

Adverb

takriben

1. approximately, about

   Synonym: yaklaşık olarak

Related terms

• takrip

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “takrip”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تقریبا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 576
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN