مطلقا
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mutˤ.la.qan/
Noun
مُطْلَقًا • (muṭlaqan)
- indefinite accusative singular of مُطْلَق (muṭlaq)
- adverbial accusative of مُطْلَق (muṭlaq)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: mütləqa
- → Ottoman Turkish: مطلقا
- Turkish: mutlaka
- → Persian: مطلقا (motlaqan)
- → Urdu: مطلقا (mutlaqan)
- → Uzbek: mutlaqo
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مُطْلَقًا (muṭlaqan), adverbial accusative of مُطْلَق (muṭlaq). By surface analysis, مطلق + ـاً.
Adverb
مطلقا • (mutlaka)
- absolutely
Descendants
- Turkish: mutlaka
- → Armenian: մու՛թլախա (mútʿlaxa)
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مطلقا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1892
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مُطْلَقًا (muṭlaqan), adverbial accusative of مُطْلَق (muṭlaq). By surface analysis, مطلق (motlaq) + ـاً (-an).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /mutlaqan/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /mʊtlaqan/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /motlæɢæn/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /mutlaqan/
Adverb
| Dari | مطلقا |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | мутлақан (mutlaqan) |
مطلقاً • (motlaqan)
- absolutely
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “مطلقا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مُطْلَقًا (muṭlaqan), adverbial accusative of مُطْلَق (muṭlaq).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊt̪.lə.qən/
Adverb
مُطْلَقاً • (mutlaqan) (Hindi spelling मुतलक़न)
- entirely, altogether, absolutely
Further reading
- “مطلقا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “مطلقا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “مطلقا”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.