Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یقیناً (yaḳînen),[1][2] from Arabic يَقِينًا (yaqīnan) adverbial accusative of يَقِين (yaqīn, certainty).[3]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /jaˈciːnen/, (dated) /jaˈkʲiːnen/
  • Hyphenation: ya‧ki‧nen

Adverb edit

yakinen

  1. (dated) certainly, definitely
    Synonyms: kesinlikle, kesinkes, mutlaka, şüphesiz
  2. (dated) thoroughly, completely
    Synonyms: tamamıyla, tamamen, iyice, adamakıllı, büsbütün

References edit

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یقیناً”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2205
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یقیناً”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1353
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yakinen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading edit