istikbal
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish استقبال, from Arabic اِسْتِقْبَال (istiqbāl).
Noun[edit]
istikbal (definite accusative istikbali, plural istikballer)
- the future
- 2015, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk, →ISBN, page 666:
- Ey Türk istikbalinin evladı!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (grammar) future tense
- going to meet somebody
- (astronomy) opposition
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istikbal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استقبال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 102
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN