müşkül

See also: muskul and muskuł

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مشكل (müşkil), from Arabic مُشْكِل (muškil), from أَشْكَلَ (ʔaškala, “to be ambiguous, difficult”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myʃcyl/

Adjective

müşkül

1. difficult
2. doubtful

Noun

müşkül (definite accusative müşkülü, plural müşküller)

1. problem, difficulty
2. doubt

Related terms

• müşkülat (Arabic plural)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müşkül”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مشكل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1870
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN