ehil

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اهل (ehl), from Arabic أَهْل (ʔahl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈhil/
• Hyphenation: e‧hil

Noun

ehil (definite accusative ehli, plural ehiller)

1. expert, a competent person [with genitive ‘in something’]
2. spouse

   Synonym: eş

3. (archaic) member

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	ehil
Definite accusative	ehli
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ehil	ehiller
Definite accusative	ehli	ehilleri
Dative	ehle	ehillere
Locative	ehilde	ehillerde
Ablative	ehilden	ehillerden
Genitive	ehlin	ehillerin

Derived terms

• ehil olmak
• ehlibeyit
• ehlidil
• ehlihibre
• ehlikeyif
• ehlikitap
• ehlisalip
• ehlisünnet
• ehlivukuf
• ehlizevk
• ırz ehli
• keyif ehli
• kitap ehli
• söz ehli
• sünnet ehli
• tevhit ehli
• zevk ehli

 

Related terms

• ahali
• ehlî
• ehliyet
• teehhül

 

Further reading

• “ehil”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ehil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ehil¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1385b