tevafuk
Turkish
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Etymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish توافق (tevāfuḳ, “a being or becoming in agreement with one another, agreement, correspondance”),[1][2] from Arabic تَوَافُق (tawāfuq), verbal noun of تَوَافَقَ (tawāfaqa, “to agree with one another”).[3]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittevafuk (definite accusative tevafuğu, plural tevafuklar)
- (dated) More than one thing suiting, coinciding with one another.
- (Islam) The corresponding of events with regards to one another by divine purpose; any occurrence intended by God, as opposed to coincidence or blind chance.
Declension
edit| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tevafuk | |
| Definite accusative | tevafuğu | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | tevafuk | tevafuklar |
| Definite accusative | tevafuğu | tevafukları |
| Dative | tevafuğa | tevafuklara |
| Locative | tevafukta | tevafuklarda |
| Ablative | tevafuktan | tevafuklardan |
| Genitive | tevafuğun | tevafukların |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “توافق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 604
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “توافق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 410
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tevafuk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “tevafuk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tevafuk”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4781