mutlaka
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مطلقا (muṭlaḳa, “absolutely”)[1], derived from Arabic مُطْلَقًا (muṭlaqan), adverbial accusative of مُطْلَق (muṭlaq, “absolute”), with loss of the nunation, resulting in mutlaka instead of expected *mutlakan, with pronunciation of final /aː/ instead of /an/ (compare Turkish mesela, for Arabic مَثَلاً (maṯalan), or evvela, for Arabic أَوَّلًا (ʔawwalan)). By surface analysis, mutlak (“absolute”) + -an (adverbial suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmut.ɫa.kaː/
- Hyphenation: mut‧la‧ka
Adverb
mutlaka
- absolutely, unconditionally
- Synonyms: kesinlikle, muhakkak, elbette, katiyen
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مطلقا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1892
Further reading
- mutlaka in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mutlak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük