kalben

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قلباً (ḳalben),[1][2] from Arabic قَلْبًا (qalban) adverbial accusative of قَلْب (qalb, the heart).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkal.ben/
  • Hyphenation: kal‧ben

Adverb

kalben

  1. from the heart, sincerely
    Synonyms: gönülden, yürekten, içten

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قلباً”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1467
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قلباً”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 968
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kalp”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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