katiyen
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Alternative forms
- kat'iyyen
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قطعیاً (ḳatʿiyyen),[1][2] from Arabic قَطْعِيًّا (qaṭʕiyyan), adverbial accusative of قَطْعِيّ (qaṭʕiyy).[3]
Pronunciation
Adverb
katiyen
- never, under no circumstances
- Synonyms: asla, hiçbir zaman
- definitely, absolutely
- Synonyms: kesinlikle, kesin olarak, katiyetle
- 1930 June 27, advertisement for pest control on page 6 of Yarın:
- Kokusu lâtif olup kat'iyyen leke yapmaz.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قطعیا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1462
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قطعیا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 965
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kati”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “katiyen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “katiyen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2472
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