bizzat

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالذات‎ (biẕẕat),[1][2] from Arabic بِالذَّات‎ (bi-ḏ-ḏāt), from بِـ‎ (bi-) +‎ اَلْ‎ (al-) +‎ ذَات‎ (ḏāt),[3] equivalent to biz- +‎ zat (“person”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbiz.zat/
  • Hyphenation: biz‧zat

Adverb

bizzat

  1. personally, in person, on one's own

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بالذات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 943
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بالذات”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 246
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bizzat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading
  • bizzat in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “bizzat”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 637
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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