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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish محقق (muhakkak), from Arabic مُحَقَّق (muḥaqqaq), passive participle of حَقَّقَ (ḥaqqaqa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muˈhak.kak/, (in fast speech)
- Hyphenation: mu‧hak‧kak
Adjective
muhakkak (dated)
- certain, sure
1930 October 31, “Akdeniz Sahillerimizin İktisadî Bir Can Damarı Süngerciliktir [A Vital Economic Artery of our Mediterranean Beaches is Sponge Diving]”, in Son Posta, page 5:Önümüzdeki sene sünger ihracatının milyonlarca liraya baliğ olacağı muhakkaktır.- In the coming year, sponge exports are certain to be worth millions of liras.
Adverb
muhakkak
- certainly, doubtless
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “muhakkak”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 796
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muhakkak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN