acep
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عجب (ʿaceb),[1][2] from Arabic عَجَب (ʕajab, “wonder, marvel”), verbal noun of عَجِبَ (ʕajiba, “to wonder”).[3]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
acep
- (colloquial, now standard) Alternative form of acaba.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آج قارننه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1286
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عجب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 839
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “acep”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- “acep”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “acep”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 91