emlak
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish املاك (emlak), from Arabic أَمْلَاك (ʔamlāk), plural of مِلْك (milk, “property, estate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
emlak (definite accusative emlakı, plural emlaklar)
Usage notes edit
- Although etymologically a plural form (singular mülk), it is sometimes used with a plural suffix.
- Inflected forms are irregular due to the conservation of Ottoman pronunciation. Regular forms like emlakı and emlaklar are occasionally seen.
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “emlak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “emlak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “emlak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “emlak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1390