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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فی سبیل الله (fi sebili llah), from Arabic فِي سَبِيلِ ٱلله (fī sabīli llāh, “in the cause of God”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfiː.se.biː.lil.lah/
- Hyphenation: fi‧se‧bi‧lil‧lah
Adverb
fisebilillah
(archaic)
- expecting nothing in return
Şenol Onay, Vatansavar, page 32:Programsızlık sanısına kapıldım, u dönüşüyle yön değiştirdim, çeperli duraktaki neşesiz otostopçuya acıdım, fisebilillah seslendim, şoför mahalline aldım.- I was under the illusion of not having a program, with a U-turn I changed direction, I felt sorry for the sad hitchhiker at the fenced stop, I called out expecting nothing in reaturn, and took him into the driver's seat.
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