muhakkak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish محقق (muhakkak), from Arabic مُحَقَّق (muḥaqqaq), passive participle of حَقَّقَ (ḥaqqaqa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /muˈhakkak/, (colloquial) [mʷˈwakːak]
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Adjective

muhakkak (dated)

certain, sure
- 1930 October 31, “Akdeniz Sahillerimizin İktisadî Bir Can Damarı Süngerciliktir”, in Son Posta, page 5:
  Önümüzdeki sene sünger ihracatının milyonlarca liraya baliğ olacağı muhakkaktır.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adverb

muhakkak

certainly, doubtless

Related terms

hak
tahkik

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “muhakkak”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 796
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muhakkak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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