temenni
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish تمنی (temenni, “a desiring in one's heart and mind, an asking for, a requesting”),[1] from Arabic تَمَنٍّ (tamannin), verbal noun of تَمَنَّى (tamannā, “to wish for, to desire”).[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittemenni (definite accusative temenniyi, plural temenniler)
Declension
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editReferences
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تمنی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 594
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “temenni”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “temenni”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “temenni”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4720