tevkif

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish توقیف (tevkıf), from Arabic تَوْقِيف (tawqīf).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tevˈcif/, (before a suffix beginning in a vowel) /tev.ciːf/

Noun

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tevkif (definite accusative tevkifi, plural tevkifler or tevkifat) (archaic)

  1. stop
    Synonym: durdurma
  2. (law) arrest, detention
    Synonym: tutuklama

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative tevkif
Definite accusative tevkifi
Singular Plural
Nominative tevkif tevkifler
Definite accusative tevkifi tevkifleri
Dative tevkife tevkiflere
Locative tevkifte tevkiflerde
Ablative tevkiften tevkiflerden
Genitive tevkifin tevkiflerin

Derived terms

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References

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