müşkülat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مشكلات‎ (müşkilat), plural of مشكل‎ (müşkil), from Arabic مُشْكِل‎ (muškil), from أَشْكَلَ‎ (ʔaškala, “to be ambiguous, difficult”)

Noun

müşkülat (definite accusative müşkülatı, plural müşkülatlar)

difficulties
Synonyms: güçlükler, zorluklar

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “müşkilât”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 902
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “müşkül”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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