straight · direct; straight · right (dexter, opposite of left)
zıt: کج, چپ, دروغ
köken: From Middle Persian rāst, from Old Persian 𐎼𐎠𐎿𐎫 (rāsta, “right”), from Proto-Iranian *Hraštáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hraštás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“having moved in a straight line”), from *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”). Cognate with English right.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese certo, from Latin certus (“certain”), past participle of cernō (“to sift; to discern”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to move; to separate”).
köken: Japanese phrasebook This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness. /sau/ → /sɔː/ → /soː/
exactly (in a manner precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth) · exactly (in a manner habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise) · exactly (in a manner precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict)
eş: precyzyjnie, konkretnie, szczegółowo
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Balto-Slavic *da Proto-Slavic *do Proto-Slavic *do- Old Polish do- Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂-der. Proto-Slavic *klàsti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *-ati Proto-Slavic *kladati Old Polish kładać Old Polish dokładaćdeverb. Old Polish…
very, rather, quite · exactly, precisely, just · completely, totally
köken: From Proto-Finnic *aivan (an instructive singular, compare ihan), probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas, or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time”). Cognate with Votic aiva (“always”) and Estonian aiva (“always”).
to a hair, to a nicety; precisely, exactly; to an exacting standard
köken: Calque of Ancient Greek εἰς ὄνῠχᾰ (eis ónukha, literally “to a nail”): an expression borrowed from sculptors, who, in modelling, give the finishing touch with the fingernail, or from joiners, who test the accuracy of joints in wood by the fingernail.