ezbere

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ازبره (ezbere),[1][2] from ازبر (ezber), from Persian (az bar, “by heart”).[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈez.be.ɾe/
Hyphenation: ez‧be‧re

Adverb

ezbere

by heart, by memorizing, without reading from the text
Synonym: ezberden
(figuratively) Without properly understanding, thinking about or looking into a matter, rashly.

Related terms

ezber
ezberlemek
ezkaza

References

Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “ازبره”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 92
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ازبره چالشمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 79
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ezber”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

“ezbere”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ezbere”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1532

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