hepsi

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ‎هپسی‎‎ (hepsi, “all of it, all of them”), from Ottoman Turkish ‎هپ‎‎ (hep, “the whole, all, wholly, entirely”)[1], from Persian هم‎ (ham, “also, too”)[2].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhep.si/
  • Hyphenation: hep‧si

Pronoun

hepsi

  1. All, all of it, the whole.

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “هپ‎”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2157
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “hep”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading
  • hepsi in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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