شخصا

Arabic
Root
ش خ ص (š-ḵ-ṣ)

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of شَخْص (šaḵṣ, “person”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃax.sˤan/

Adverb

شَخْصًا • (šaḵṣan)

  1. personally

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: şəxsən
  • → Bashkir: шәхсән (şəxsən)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: شخصا (şahsan)
  • → Persian: شخصا (šaxsan)
  • → Urdu: شخصا (śaxsan)
  • → Uzbek: shaxsan

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic شَخْصًا (šaḵṣan), adverbial accusative of شَخْص (šaḵṣ, “person, individual”).

Adverb

شخصاً • (şahsan)

  1. personally
  2. in person

Descendants

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şahıs”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شخصا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1118
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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