muhakkak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish محقق (muhakkak), from Arabic مُحَقَّق (muḥaqqaq), passive participle of حَقَّقَ (ḥaqqaqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈhak.kak/, (in fast speech) [ˈmʷakːak]

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• Hyphenation: mu‧hak‧kak

Adjective

muhakkak (dated)

1. certain, sure
   • 1930 October 31, “Akdeniz Sahillerimizin İktisadî Bir Can Damarı Süngerciliktir [A Vital Economic Artery of our Mediterranean Beaches is Sponge Diving]”, in Son Posta, page 5:

     Önümüzdeki sene sünger ihracatının milyonlarca liraya baliğ olacağı muhakkaktır.

     In the coming year, sponge exports are certain to be worth millions of liras.

Adverb

muhakkak

1. certainly, doubtless

Related terms

• hak
• hak etmek
• tahkik

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “muhakkak”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 796
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muhakkak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN