sebep

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سبب (sebeb), from Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

• IPA^(key): /seˈbep/
• Rhymes: -ep
• Hyphenation: se‧bép

sebep m (plural sebepe, definite sebepi, definite plural sebepet) (colloquial, archaic)

1. reason, cause

   Synonyms: shkak, shkas

2. weak reason, justification

   Synonyms: vjegë, arsye

3. familial occasion or event (wedding, birth, death)

   Synonym: rast

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “sebep”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “sebep”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 414

From Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

sebep

1. reason, base

sebep

1. (+ ablative) due to

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سبب (sebeb), from Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

• IPA^(key): /seˈbep/

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• Hyphenation: se‧bep

sebep (definite accusative sebebi, plural sebepler or (obsolete) esbap)

1. reason

   Synonyms: neden, saik, saika, vesile

• “sebep”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “sebep”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sebep”, in Nişanyan Sözlük