esasen
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اساساً (esāsen),[1][2] from Arabic أَسَاسًا (ʔasāsan) adverbial accusative of أَسَاس (foundation, basis).[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]esasen
- from the beginning, from the foundation
- already, anyways, anyhow, after all
- Synonyms: zaten, nasıl olsa
- actually, in fact
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اساساً”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 72
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “اساساً”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 94
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “esas”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “esasen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “esasen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1479