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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سبب (sebeb), from Arabic سَبَب (sabab).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈbep/
- Rhymes: -ep
- Hyphenation: se‧bép
Noun
sebep m (plural sebepe, definite sebepi, definite plural sebepet) (colloquial, archaic)
- reason, cause
- Synonyms: shkak, shkas
- weak reason, justification
- Synonyms: vjegë, arsye
- familial occasion or event (wedding, birth, death)
- Synonym: rast
Further reading
- “sebep”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “sebep”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “sebep”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 414
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Arabic سَبَب (sabab).
Noun
sebep
- reason, base
Declension
Postposition
sebep
- (+ ablative) due to
References
- Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سبب (sebeb), from Arabic سَبَب (sabab).
Pronunciation
Noun
sebep (definite accusative sebebi, plural sebepler or (dated) esbap)
- reason
Declension
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