fetret
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish فترت (fetret),[1][2] from Arabic فَتْرَة (fatra, “interval, interregnum”).[3]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfetret (definite accusative fetreti, plural (obsolete) fetretler or feterat)
- (religion, Islam, dated) The interval between two prophets when there isn't a prophet alive; specifically the time between prophets Jesus and Muhammad.
- (dated) The interval between two monarchs; interregnum.
- (dated) The interval between two events.
- (dated) The period until a weak central government regains power and order is restored.
Declension
edit| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fetret | |
| Definite accusative | fetreti | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | fetret | fetretler |
| Definite accusative | fetreti | fetretleri |
| Dative | fetrete | fetretlere |
| Locative | fetrette | fetretlerde |
| Ablative | fetretten | fetretlerden |
| Genitive | fetretin | fetretlerin |
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فترت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1364
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فترت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 885
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fetret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “fetret”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fetret”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1570
Fetret Devri on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
