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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طبقی (ṭıbḳı),[1][2][3] from Arabic طِبْقًا (ṭibqan), adverbial accusative of طِبْق (ṭibq, “thing that matches in form”), it is uncertain if it is derived with the Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba suffix) or Turkish -ı (possessive suffix).[4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɯp.kɯ/
- Hyphenation: tıp‧kı
Noun
tıpkı
- An exact match of a thing, its identical copy.
- Synonyms: tıpkısı, aynısı
Adverb
tıpkı
- exactly, precisely
- Synonyms: tıpatıp, tıpkı tıpkısına, tıpkısı tıpkısına, tamamen
Derived terms
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طبقی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1232
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طبقی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 799
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “طِبقی”, in قاموس تركی (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 876
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tıpkı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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