mukadderat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مقدرات‎, plural of مقدر‎, from Arabic مُقَدَّر‎ (muqaddar), passive participle of قَدَّرَ‎ (qaddara, “to determine, estimate, foresee”). Formally, the Arabic plural of mukadder.

Noun

mukadderat (definite accusative mukadderatı, plural mukadderatlar)

  1. destiny, fate
    Synonym: kader
    • 2015, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, quoting Yahya Galip Kargı, Nutuk, →ISBN, page 204:
      Paşa Hazretleri; biz mukadderatımızı ne böyle milletin mukadderatını bilmeyen hükümete ve ne de son anda düşünülerek gönderilecek valilere terk edemeyiz.
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References
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مقدرات”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1208
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mukadder”, 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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