doğrusu
Turkish
Alternative forms
- işin doğrusu
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوغریسی (doğrusu, “the truth of the matter”),[1][2] equivalent to doğru (“true, straight, the truth”) + -(s)u (possessive suffix with "s" as buffer consonant). Cognates with Azerbaijani doğrusu, Turkmen dogrusy, Uzbek toʻgʻrisi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdoːɾu.su/
- Hyphenation: doğ‧ru‧su
Adverb
doğrusu
- as a matter of fact, in fact, to tell the truth
- Synonyms: aslına bakarsan, (dated) hakçası
Related terms
- doğru dürüst
- doğrudan
- doğrudan doğruya
- dosdoğru
- eğrisiyle doğrusuyla
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوغریسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1257
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طوغریسی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 818
Further reading
- “doğrusu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “doğrusu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1259
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