nispeten

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نسبةً (nisbeten),[1][2] from Arabic نِسْبَةً (nisbatan) adverbial accusative of نِسْبَة (nisba, “connection, relation, ratio”), verbal noun of نَسَبَ (nasaba).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnis.pe.ten/
  • Hyphenation: nis‧pe‧ten

Adverb

nispeten

  1. relatively, proportionally
    Synonyms: oranla, nispetle

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نسبةً”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2080
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نسبةً”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1273
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nispet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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