yakinen

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یقیناً (yaḳînen),[1][2] from Arabic يَقِينًا (yaqīnan) adverbial accusative of يَقِين (yaqīn, “certainty”).[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jaˈciːnen/, (dated) /jaˈkʲiːnen/
Hyphenation: ya‧ki‧nen

Adverb

yakinen

(dated) certainly, definitely
Synonyms: kesinlikle, kesinkes, mutlaka, şüphesiz
(dated) thoroughly, completely
Synonyms: tamamıyla, tamamen, iyice, adamakıllı, büsbütün

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یقیناً”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2205
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یقیناً”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1353
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yakinen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

“yakinen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yakinen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5167

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