hâlbuki

See also: halbuki

Turkish

Alternative forms
  • halbukısa, halbuksam, halbuku (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حال بو كه (ḥal bu ki),[1][2] from حال (ḥal) + بو (bu) + كه (ki),[3] equivalent to hâl (“state, situation, circumstance”) +‎ bu (“this”) +‎ ki (“that”), literally “the state is (this) that”. Cognates with Azerbaijani halbuki, Uyghur ھالبۇكى (halbuki), Uzbek holbuki.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /halˈbu.ci/
  • Hyphenation: hâl‧bu‧ki

Adverb

hâlbuki

  1. whereas, but, on the contrary
    Synonyms: oysa, oysaki, aksine, bilakis, tersine

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حال بو كه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 755
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حال بو كه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 493
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “halbuki”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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