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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خِطَابًا (ḵiṭāban), adverbial accusative of خِطَاب (ḵiṭāb).
Postposition
خطابا • (hitaben)
- (with dative) to (identifying the audience of a speech or the recipient of a writing)
1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk, page 103:ایلولك اون برنجی كونی ، پادشاهه خطاباً بر تلغرافنامه حاضرلاندی ؛ […]- Eylülün on birinci günü, padişaha hitaben bir telgrafname hazırlandı;
- On July 11th a telegram to the Padishah was prepared;
Descendants
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “hitaben”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN