en azından
Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish اڭ آزدن (eñ azdan),[1][2] from اڭ (eñ) and آز (az),[3][4] equivalent to en (superlative particle) + az (“little, few”) + -ı (possessive suffix) + -(n)dan (ablative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant), literally “from the littlest/fewest”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- at least, at the very least
- Synonyms: en aşağı, hiç değilse, hiç olmazsa, bari
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اڭ آزدن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 16
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “اڭ آزدن”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 31
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “en¹”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “az”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “en azından”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “en azdan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1440