faraza
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish فرضا (farżā, faraża),[1][2] from Arabic فَرْضًا (farḍan) adverbial accusative of فَرْض (farḍ, “duty”), verbal noun of فَرَضَ (faraḍa, “to ordain, to make obligatory”).[3] For similar cases of loss of nunation see; mutlaka, mesela, evvela.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editfaraza
- hypothetically, supposing (that), let's assume
- Synonyms: varsay ki, tut ki, söz gelişi, (archaic) farzımuhal, (archaic) bilfarz
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فرضا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1376
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فرضا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 893
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “faraza”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “faraza”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “faraza”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1545