faraza

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فرضا (farżā, faraża),[1][2] from Arabic فَرْضًا (farḍan) adverbial accusative of فَرْض (farḍ, duty), verbal noun of فَرَضَ (faraḍa, to ordain, to make obligatory).[3] For similar cases of loss of nunation see; mutlaka, mesela, evvela.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfa.ɾa.zaː/
  • Hyphenation: fa‧ra‧za

Adverb

faraza

  1. hypothetically, supposing (that), let's assume
    Synonyms: varsay ki, tut ki, söz gelişi, (archaic) farzımuhal, (archaic) bilfarz

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فرضا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1376
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فرضا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 893
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “faraza”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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