resmen

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish رسما, from Arabic رَسْمًا (rasman), adverbial accusative of رَسْم (rasm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾesmæn/

Adverb

resmen

  1. officially
  2. formally (in form)
  3. seriously, in earnest (frequently found in informal speech in diverse connotations, sometimes ironicaly or in disbelieve for something which shouldn't happen or done seriously but done all the same)
    resmen saçmaladınseriously! this is all nonsense.
    resmen yalanit is an out-and-out lie.

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “resim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “رسما”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 973
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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