bilfiil

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالفعل (bilfiʿl),[1][2] from Arabic بِٱلْفِعْلِ (bi-l-fiʕli), from بِـ (bi-) +‎ اَلْ (al-) +‎ فِعْل (fiʕl),[3] equivalent to bil- +‎ fiil (“work, deed, action, verb”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbil.fi.il/
  • Hyphenation: bil‧fi‧il

Adverb

bilfiil

  1. (dated) actually, in fact; in effect

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالفعل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1391
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالفعل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 906
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bilfiil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading
  • “bilfiil”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bilfiil”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 606
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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