ekseriya

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اكثریا (ekseriyyā),[1][2][3] from Arabic أَكْثَرِيًّا (ʔakṯariyyan, “mostly, generally”), from أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈec.se.ɾi.jaː/
  • Hyphenation: ek‧se‧ri‧ya

Adverb[edit]

ekseriya

  1. (dated) generally, mostly, usually
    Synonyms: genellikle, çoğunlukla, (dated) ekseriyetle, (dated) ekseri, (archaic) alelumum

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اكثریا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 171
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اكثریا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 126
  3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “اَكثَرِیّا”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 144

Further reading[edit]

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