bilcümle
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بلجمله (bilcümle), from Arabic بِالْجُمْلَة (bi-l-jumla), from بِـ (bi-) and جُمْلَة (jumla).
Adverb
bilcümle (archaic)
- entirely, completely, totally
- Synonyms: bütün, hep, toptan
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “bil-cümle”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 130
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بلجمله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 246
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bilcümle”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN