acep

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عجب (ʿaceb),[1][2] from Arabic عَجَب (ʕajab, wonder, marvel), verbal noun of عَجِبَ (ʕajiba, to wonder).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒep/
  • Hyphenation: a‧cep

Adverb

acep

  1. (colloquial, now standard) Alternative form of acaba.

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آج قارننه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1286
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عجب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 839
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “acep”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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