köken: Univerbation of ob + wohl, from the older use of ob as a conditional and concessive conjunction, reinforced with an adverb. Compare obgleich, obschon, obzwar and also gleichwohl.
Frau Anna, unsere Empfangsdame, flirtet mit Patienten, obwohl sie Mutter von drei Kindern ist.
eş: пусть, пусть, что, хотя бы, к примеру, например
köken: Per Vasmer, shortened from хотя́ (xotjá), probably from Old East Slavic хотѧ (xotę, present active participle of хотѣти (xotěti)). Compare Polish choć and its derivation from Old Polish chocia.
in spite of, despite, regardless of, notwithstanding, although
köken: Cognate with Tatar карамастан (qaramastan), Kazakh қарамастан (qaramastan), Uzbek qaramasdan, Uyghur قارىماستىن (qarimastin, “despite, notwistanding”).
Эстән янып-көйөүгә ҡарамаҫтан, кисерештәренең тамсыһын да иренә күрһәтергә ашыҡманы.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ōd Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō Proto-Slavic *a Proto-Slavic *če univ. Proto-Slavic *ače Old Czech ač Czech ač Inherited from Old Czech ač, from Proto-Slavic *ače. First attested in the 14th century.
köken: Unclear. This is usually considered to be a loan from 油 (MC yuw). There are two points supporting this stance: one, the word was spelled with 油 in Nôm texts and dictionaries (although this point is not absolute due to the word's unfortunate absence in important texts such as Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) and Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集)), two, in Dictionarium Annamiticum…