doğrusu
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Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوغریسی (doğrusu, “the truth of the matter”),[1][2] equivalent to doğru (“true, straight, the truth”) + -(s)u (possessive suffix with "s" as buffer consonant). Cognates with Azerbaijani doğrusu, Turkmen dogrusy, Uzbek toʻgʻrisi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]doğrusu
- as a matter of fact, in fact, to tell the truth
- Synonyms: aslına bakarsan, (dated) hakçası
Noun
[edit]doğrusu
- third-person singular possessive of doğru
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوغریسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1257
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طوغریسی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 818
Further reading
[edit]- “doğrusu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “doğrusu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1259