doğrusu

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • işin doğrusu

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوغریسی (doğrusu, “the truth of the matter”),[1][2] equivalent to doğru (“true, straight, the truth”) +‎ -(s)u (possessive suffix with "s" as buffer consonant). Cognates with Azerbaijani doğrusu, Turkmen dogrusy, Uzbek toʻgʻrisi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdoːɾu.su/
  • Hyphenation: doğ‧ru‧su

Adverb

doğrusu

  1. as a matter of fact, in fact, to tell the truth
    Synonyms: aslına bakarsan, (dated) hakçası

Noun

doğrusu

  1. third-person singular possessive of doğru

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوغریسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1257
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طوغریسی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 818

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