mevkuf

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish موقوف (mevkuf), from Arabic مَوْقُوف (mawqūf), passive participle of وَقَفَ (waqafa).

Adjective

mevkuf

1. arrested, detained, held, stopped
2. (with ablative) dependent on

   Synonyms: ait, bağlı

3. (law, Islam) dedicated to a waqf

Related terms

• vakıf

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mevkuf”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 759
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mevkuf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN