lütfen
See also: lütfən
Turkish
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لطفاً (lutfen, “as a favor, as a kindness”),[1][2] from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf, “kindness, friendliness”).[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]lütfen
- (formal, when asking) please
- Synonyms: rica ederim, (archaic) istirham ederim
- 2021 July 9, cakal (lyrics and music), “Lütfen”[3]:
- Lütfen, lütfen, cam bardak olsun lütfen
Alın üstümden lütfen, sen püflesen ben küsmem, ya- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (figuratively) unwillingly, halfheartedly
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لطفاً”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1632
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لطفاً”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1078
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lütfen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “lütfen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “lutfen”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “lütfen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2989