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aynen

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عيناً (ʿaynen, “by eye, by sight, exactly, without difference”),[1][2] from Arabic عَيْنًا (ʕaynan), adverbial accusative of عَيْن (ʕayn, “eye”).[3] By surface analysis, aynı (“same”) +‎ -en. Compare Azerbaijani eynən (“exactly”), Uzbek aynan (“exactly”) and Uyghur ئەينەن (eynen, “exactly”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaj.nɛn/
  • Hyphenation: ay‧nen

Adverb

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aynen

  1. exactly

Interjection

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aynen

  1. correct, right
  2. that's it, that's right
  3. yes, yeah, yep
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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عيناً”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1332
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عيناً”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 866
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aynen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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  • “aynen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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