müttefik

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish متفق‎ (“something that conforms or agrees; ally; allied”), from Arabic مُتَّفِق‎ (muttafiq), participle of اِتَّفَقَ‎ (ittafaqa, “to come to agreement”).

Noun

müttefik (definite accusative müttefiki, plural müttefikler)

  1. ally

Adjective

müttefik

  1. allied
  2. unanimous

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “müttefik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “متفق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1715
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 855
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