tekemmül

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish تكمل (tekemmül), from Arabic تَكَمُّل (takammul), verbal noun of تَكَمَّلَ (takammala, “to be or become whole, complete, perfect”).

Noun[edit]

tekemmül (definite accusative tekemmülü, plural tekemmüller)

  1. (archaic) becoming perfect or complete; perfection
    • 1929 December 1, advertisement on page 12 of Vakit[1]:
      Kappel tamamile tekemmül etmiş yazı makınası
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tekemmül”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تكمل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 583
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1127
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