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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish البته (elbette), from Arabic اَلْبَتَّة (al-batta).
Pronunciation
Adverb
elbette
- of course, certainly, naturally, surely
- Synonym: tabii
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “elbet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 254
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “البت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 181
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN