bilakis
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالعكس (bilʿaks, bilʿakis, “on the contrary”),[1][2] from Arabic بِالْعَكْس (bi-l-ʕaks), from بِـ (bi-) + اَلْ (al-) + عَكْس (ʕaks),[3] equivalent to bil- + akis (“reflection”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]bilakis
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالعكس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1314
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالعكس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 855
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bilakis”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “bilakis”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bilakis”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 603