mümkün mertebe

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ممكن مرتبه‎ (mümkin mertebe)[1], compound of mümkün (“possible”) +‎ mertebe (“rank, degree”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mymˈcyn.meɾ.te.be/
Hyphenation: müm‧kün‧mer‧te‧be

Adverb

mümkün mertebe

as much as possible

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ممكن مرتبه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1802

Further reading

mümkün mertebe in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “mümkün mertebe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3370

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