بالزبط

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic بِالضَّبْطِ‎ (bi-ḍ-ḍabṭi), corresponding to بـ‎ (b-, “by”) + الزبط‎ (iẓ-ẓabṭ, “the exactness”).

Adverb

بالزبط • (biẓ-ẓabṭ)

  1. exactly, precisely

Usage notes
  • The spelling with ز‎ is the most common one, although it represents an emphathic sound here, since it is not derived form the Standard Arabic ظ‎ (ẓ) and the emphathicness is spreading from the last letter ط‎ (ṭ) through the whole word anyway.
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