ekseriya
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اكثریا (ekseriyyā),[1][2][3] from Arabic أَكْثَرِيًّا (ʔakṯariyyan, “mostly, generally”), from أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ekseriya
- (dated) generally, mostly, usually
- Synonyms: genellikle, çoğunlukla, (dated) ekseriyetle, (dated) ekseri, (archaic) alelumum
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اكثریا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 171
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اكثریا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 126
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “اَكثَرِیّا”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 144
Further reading
[edit]- “ekseriya”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ekseriya”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1398