nitekim

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Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نته‌كم (netekim, nitekim, even as, as, just as) (alternatively; نته‌كیم, نته‌كه (neteke, niteke/ki)),[1][2] from نته (nete, nite, even), from Proto-Turkic *nēteg, from the combination of *nē (what) +‎ *teg (as, as much).[3][4] Compare Karakhanid نَتَكْ (neteg, netek, how, in what way, how much).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈni.te.cim/
  • Hyphenation: ni‧te‧kim

Adverb

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nitekim

  1. in truth, indeed
    Synonyms: gerçekten, hakikaten
  2. ultimately, in conclusion
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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نته”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2071
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نته”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1269
  3. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ne:te:g”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 776
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nite”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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