kifayet

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كفایت (kifāyet), from Arabic كِفَايَة (kifāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ci.faːˈjet/
• Hyphenation: ki‧fa‧yet

Noun

kifayet (definite accusative kifayeti, plural kifayetler)

1. sufficiency, adequacy
2. competence

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kifayet
Definite accusative	kifayeti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kifayet	kifayetler
Definite accusative	kifayeti	kifayetleri
Dative	kifayete	kifayetlere
Locative	kifayette	kifayetlerde
Ablative	kifayetten	kifayetlerden
Genitive	kifayetin	kifayetlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kifayetim kifayetlerim 2nd singular kifayetin kifayetlerin 3rd singular kifayeti kifayetleri 1st plural kifayetimiz kifayetlerimiz 2nd plural kifayetiniz kifayetleriniz 3rd plural kifayetleri kifayetleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kifayetimi kifayetlerimi 2nd singular kifayetini kifayetlerini 3rd singular kifayetini kifayetlerini 1st plural kifayetimizi kifayetlerimizi 2nd plural kifayetinizi kifayetlerinizi 3rd plural kifayetlerini kifayetlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kifayetime kifayetlerime 2nd singular kifayetine kifayetlerine 3rd singular kifayetine kifayetlerine 1st plural kifayetimize kifayetlerimize 2nd plural kifayetinize kifayetlerinize 3rd plural kifayetlerine kifayetlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kifayetimde kifayetlerimde 2nd singular kifayetinde kifayetlerinde 3rd singular kifayetinde kifayetlerinde 1st plural kifayetimizde kifayetlerimizde 2nd plural kifayetinizde kifayetlerinizde 3rd plural kifayetlerinde kifayetlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kifayetimden kifayetlerimden 2nd singular kifayetinden kifayetlerinden 3rd singular kifayetinden kifayetlerinden 1st plural kifayetimizden kifayetlerimizden 2nd plural kifayetinizden kifayetlerinizden 3rd plural kifayetlerinden kifayetlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kifayetimin kifayetlerimin 2nd singular kifayetinin kifayetlerinin 3rd singular kifayetinin kifayetlerinin 1st plural kifayetimizin kifayetlerimizin 2nd plural kifayetinizin kifayetlerinizin 3rd plural kifayetlerinin kifayetlerinin

Derived terms

• kifayet etmek
• kifayetli
• kifayetsiz

 

Related terms

• iktifa
• kâfi
• mükâfat

 

Further reading

• “kifayet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kifayet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2668