esasen

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اساساً (esāsen),[1][2] from Arabic أَسَاسًا (ʔasāsan) adverbial accusative of أَسَاس (foundation, basis).[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eˈsaːsen/
  • Hyphenation: e‧sa‧sen

Adverb

esasen

  1. from the beginning, from the foundation
  2. already, anyways, anyhow, after all
    Synonyms: zaten, nasıl olsa
  3. actually, in fact
    Synonyms: aslında, doğrusu, gerçekten

References
  1. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اساساً”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 72
  2. Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “اساساً”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 94
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “esas”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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