harfiyen
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حرفیاً (harfiyyen), from Arabic حَرْفِيًّا (ḥarfiyyan) adverbial accusative of حَرْفِيّ (ḥarfiyy), from حَرْف (ḥarf, “letter of the alphabet”) + ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba suffix).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
harfiyen
- to the letter, verbatim, word for word
- Synonyms: harfi harfine, kelimesi kelimesine, motamot
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “harf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- “harfiyen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “harfiyen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1878