muvakkat

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish موقت‎ (muvakkat, “fixed, stated time or event, temporary”)[1], from Arabic مُوَقَّت‎ (muwaqqat, “fixed, appointed, temporary”), passive participle of وَقَّتَ‎ (waqqata, “to determine the time of”)[2]. Cognates with Azerbaijani müvəqqəti, Uzbek muvaqqat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.βakˈkat/
  • Hyphenation: mu‧vak‧kat

Adjective

muvakkat

  1. (dated) Lasting for a fixed time; temporary, transitory.
    Synonyms: geçici, eğreti

Declension

Derived terms

  • muvakkaten

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “موقت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2033
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “muvakkat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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