lütfen

See also: lütfən

Turkish

Turkish phrasebook

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Alternative forms

lutfen

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لطفاً (lutfen, “as a favor, as a kindness”),[1][2] from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf, “kindness, friendliness”).[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlyt.fɛn/
Hyphenation: lüt‧fen

Adverb

lütfen

(formal, when asking) please
Synonyms: rica ederim, (archaic) istirham ederim
- 2021 July 9, cakal (lyrics and music), “Lütfen”‎:
  Lütfen, lütfen, cam bardak olsun lütfen
  Alın üstümden lütfen, sen püflesen ben küsmem, ya
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(figuratively) unwillingly, halfheartedly

Related terms

See also

Allah'ını seversen
gözünü seveyim
kurban olayım
ne olur

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لطفاً”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1632
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لطفاً”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1078
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lütfen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

“lütfen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “lutfen”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “lütfen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2989

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