لااقل

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَلَى اَلْأَقَلّ (ʕalā l-ʔaqall).

Adverb

لااقل (laakal)

  1. regardless, anyhow, at least
    • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk, page 41:
      بوندن ماعدا، بز ، قیمتلی آرقداشلرمزی درسعادتدن آناطولی‌یه چكوب چیقارمغه و بو وجهله جدی وطنپرورانی محروم آمال ایتمه‌مكه چالیشیركن ، سز بو حركتكزله ، لااقل محصور بر محیطه كیرییورسكز.
      Bundan maada, biz, kıymetli arkadaşlarımızı Dersaadet’ten Anadolu’ya çekip çıkarmaya ve bu vecihle ciddi vatanperveranı mahrum-u amal etmemeye çalışırken, siz bu hareketinizle, laakal mahsur bir muhite giriyorsunuz.
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Descendants

  • Turkish: laakal

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 700