قطعیت
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic قَطْعِيَّة (qaṭʕiyya). Compare Azerbaijani qətiyyət (“resolution, resoluteness, determination”).
Noun
قطعیت • (katiyet)
- decisiveness
- irrevocability
Descendants
- Turkish: katiyet
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kat'iyet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قطعی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 965b
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَطْعِيَّة (qaṭʕiyya).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /qat.ʔij.ˈjat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [qät̪.ʔi.jǽt̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qæt̪.ʔi.jǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [qät̪.ʔi.jǽt̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | qat'iyyat |
| Dari reading? | qat'iyat |
| Iranian reading? | ġat'iyat |
| Tajik reading? | qat'iyat |
Noun
قطعیت • (qat'iyyat)
- certainty; definitiveness
- Synonyms: صراحت (serâhat), قاطعیت (qâte'iyyat)