topyekûn

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوپ یكون (top yekûn, a sum total),[1][2] from طوپ (top) and Arabic يَكُنْ (yakun), from كَانَ (kāna, to be, to exist).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtop.je.cyn/
  • Hyphenation: top‧ye‧kûn

Adverb

topyekûn

  1. (dated) altogether, wholly
    Synonyms: topluca, toptan

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوپ یكون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1249
  2. Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “طوپ یكون”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 889
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yekûn”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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