mutlakiyet

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُطْلَقِيَّة (muṭlaqiyya, “absolutism”). Compare mutlak from مُطْلَق (muṭlaq, “absolute”).

Noun

mutlakiyet (definite accusative mutlakiyeti, plural mutlakiyetler)

1. monarchy, autocracy

References

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