mutlaka

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مطلقا‎ (mutlaka, “absolutely”)[1], derived from Arabic مُطْلَقًا‎ (muṭlaqan), adverbial accusative of مُطْلَق‎ (muṭlaq, “absolute”), with loss of the nunation, resulting in mutlaka instead of expected *mutlakan, with pronunciation of final /aː/ instead of /an/ (compare Turkish mesela, for Arabic مَثَلاً‎ (maṯalan), or evvela, for Arabic أَوَّلًا‎ (ʔawwalan)). By surface analysis, mutlak (“absolute”) +‎ -an (adverbial suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmut.ɫa.kaː/
• Hyphenation: mut‧la‧ka

mutlaka

1. definitely, absolutely, unconditionally

   Synonyms: kesinlikle, muhakkak, elbette, katiyen

• mutlaka in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mutlak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük