bilcümle

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بلجمله (bilcümle),[1][2] from Arabic بِالْجُمْلَة (bi-l-jumla), from بِـ (bi-) + اَلْ (al-) + جُمْلَة (jumla),[3] equivalent to bil- + cümle (all, everybody; sentence).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbil.d͡ʒym.le/
  • Hyphenation: bil‧cüm‧le

Adjective

bilcümle

  1. (archaic) all of something, entire
    Synonyms: bütün, tüm

Adverb

bilcümle

  1. (archaic) entirely, completely, totally
    Synonyms: bütün, hep, toptan

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بلجمله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 678
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بلجمله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 445
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bilcümle”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.