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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish رسما, from Arabic رَسْمًا (rasman), adverbial accusative of رَسْم (rasm).
Pronunciation
Adverb
resmen
- officially
- formally (in form)
- seriously, in earnest (frequently found in informal speech in diverse connotations, sometimes ironically or in disbelieve for something which should not happen or done seriously but done all the same)
- resmen saçmaladın ― seriously! this is all nonsense.
- resmen yalan ― it is an out-and-out lie.
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “resim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “رسما”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 973
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN