harfiyen

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حرفیاً (harfiyyen), from Arabic حَرْفِيًّا (ḥarfiyyan) adverbial accusative of حَرْفِيّ (ḥarfiyy), from حَرْف (ḥarf, “letter of the alphabet”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haɾˈfi.jen/, /haɾˈfi.jːen/
Hyphenation: har‧fi‧yen

Adverb

harfiyen

to the letter, verbatim, word for word
Synonyms: harfi harfine, kelimesi kelimesine, motamot

Related terms

harf
harf atmak
harfendaz
harfitarif

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “harf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

“harfiyen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “harfiyen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1878

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