mühlet

German

Verb

mühlet

1. second-person plural subjunctive II of mahlen

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مهلت, from Arabic مُهْلَة (muhla).

Noun

mühlet (definite accusative mühleti, plural mühletler)

1. delay, respite, stay, grace period
   • 1939 September 4, headline in Yeni Mersin:

     İngiltere Almanyaya harb ilân etti / Fransanın verdiği mühlet de dün saat 17de sona erdi

     England declared war on Germany / the French ultimatum expired yesterday at 17h.

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مهلت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1253
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN