Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish عقداتمك, equivalent to akit +‎ etmek, the first part from Arabic عَقْد (ʕaqd).

Verb edit

akdetmek (third-person singular simple present akdeder)

  1. to tie
  2. to make, conclude (a deal)
  3. to hold (a meeting)
    • 1931 May 6, “Birlik kongresi dün toplandı”, in Yarın, page 2:
      Vapurcular birliği kongresi dün öğleden sonra Mühürdarzade hanında aktedilmiştir.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “akit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عقد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1310
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 33