mertebe
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مرتبه (mertebe, “a step, stair, a point of degree, rank, grade”),[1] from Arabic مَرْتَبَة (martaba, “step, rank, degree”), verbal noun of رَتَبَ (rataba, “to be firm, to stand unmoved”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mertebe (definite accusative mertebeyi, plural mertebeler)
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References edit
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مرتبه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 280
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mertebe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “mertebe”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mertebe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3158