bilmukabele

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالمقابله (bilʿmuḳābele, “in return, reciprocally”),[1] from Arabic بِالْمُقَابَلَة (bi-l-muqābala), from بِـ (bi-) +‎ اَلْ (al-) +‎ مُقَابَلَة (muqābala),[2] equivalent to bil- +‎ mukabele (“an act of responding, reciprocating”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbil.mu.kaːbe.le/
  • Hyphenation: bil‧mu‧ka‧be‧le

Adverb

bilmukabele

  1. (archaic) as a response, reciprocally
  2. (dated) likewise, me/you too

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالمقابله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1936
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bilmukabele”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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