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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالفعل (bilfiʿl),[1][2] from Arabic بِٱلْفِعْلِ (bi-l-fiʕli), from بِـ (bi-) + اَلْ (al-) + فِعْل (fiʕl),[3] equivalent to bil- + fiil (“work, deed, action, verb”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbil.fi.il/
- Hyphenation: bil‧fi‧il
Adverb
bilfiil
- (dated) actually, in fact; in effect
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالفعل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1391
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالفعل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 906
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bilfiil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “bilfiil”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bilfiil”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 606
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN