ilelebet
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish الی الابد (ilelebet), from Arabic إِلَى (ʔilā, “to, until”) and الْأَبَد (al-ʔabad).
Adverb
ilelebet (archaic)
- forever [from 19th c.]
- Benim naçiz vücudum elbet bir gün toprak olacaktır, ancak Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ilelebet payidar kalacaktır. -M. Kemal ATATÜRK
- One day my mortal body will turn to dust, but the Turkish Republic will stand forever.
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “الی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 141
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ilelebet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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