mevcudiyet

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish موجودیت, equivalent to Arabic مَوْجُود (mawjūd) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya) but possibly a pseudo-Arabic formation in Ottoman Turkish or Persian.

Noun

mevcudiyet (definite accusative mevcudiyedi, plural mevcudiyetler)

1. existence
2. presence

Related terms

• mevcudat
• mevcut

See also

• موجود (mevcud)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mevcut”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 767