sebep

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سبب (sebeb), from Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈbep/
• Rhymes: -ep
• Hyphenation: se‧bép

Noun

sebep m (plural sebepe, definite sebepi, definite plural sebepet) (colloquial, archaic)

1. reason, cause

   Synonyms: shkak, shkas

2. weak reason, justification

   Synonyms: vjegë, arsye

3. familial occasion or event (wedding, birth, death)

   Synonym: rast

Further reading

• “sebep”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
• “sebep”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “sebep”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 414

Etymology

From Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

Noun

sebep

1. reason, base

Postposition

sebep

1. (+ ablative) due to

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سبب (sebeb), from Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

Pronunciation

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Noun

sebep (definite accusative sebebi, plural sebepler or (dated) esbap)

1. reason