elbette

Turkish

Alternative forms

elbet

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish البته (elbette), from Arabic اَلْبَتَّة (al-batta).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

elbette

of course, certainly, naturally, surely
Synonym: tabii

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “elbet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 254
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “البت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 181
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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