بالزبط

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic بِالضَّبْطِ (bi-ḍ-ḍabṭi), corresponding to بـ (b-, “by”) + الزبط (iẓ-ẓabṭ, “the exactness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bizˤ.zˤabtˤ/, [bɪzˤˈzˤɑbtˤ]

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Adverb

بالزبط • (biẓ-ẓabṭ)

1. exactly, precisely

Usage notes

• The spelling with ز is the most common one, although it represents an emphathic sound here, since it is not derived form the Standard Arabic ظ (ẓ) and the emphathicness is spreading from the last letter ط (ṭ) through the whole word anyway.