Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish مدت, from Arabic مُدَّة (mudda). Compare Azerbaijani müddət.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /myd.ˈdet/
  • Hyphenation: müd‧det

Noun edit

müddet (definite accusative müddeti, plural müddetler)

  1. (dated) period of time, interval; duration
    Synonym: süre

References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müddet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مدت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1785
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN