bilakis
Turkish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈbi.la.cis/
- Hyphenation: bi‧la‧kis
Related terms
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالعكس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1314
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالعكس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 855
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bilakis”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “bilakis”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bilakis”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 603
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