harfiyen
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حرفیاً (harfiyyen), from Arabic حَرْفِيًّا (ḥarfiyyan) adverbial accusative of حَرْفِيّ (ḥarfiyy), from حَرْف (ḥarf, “letter of the alphabet”) + ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]harfiyen
- to the letter, verbatim, word for word
- Synonyms: harfi harfine, kelimesi kelimesine, motamot
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “harf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “harfiyen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “harfiyen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1878