aynen

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عيناً‎ (ʿaynen, “by eye, by sight, exactly, without difference”)[1][2], from Arabic عَيْنًا‎ (ʕaynan), adverbial accusative of عَيْن‎ (ʕayn, “eye”)[3]. By surface analysis, aynı (“same”) +‎ -en

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaj.nɛn/
  • Hyphenation: ay‧nen

Adverb

aynen

  1. exactly

Interjection

aynen

  1. correct, right
  2. that's it, that's right
  3. yes, yeah, yep

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “عيناً”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1332
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911), “عيناً”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 866
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “aynen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading
  • aynen in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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