tabiat

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic طَبِيعَة (ṭabīʕa).

Noun

tabiat

1. character
2. nature
3. temperament

Declension

Declension of tabiat

	singular	plural
nominative	tabiat	tabiatlar
genitive	tabiatnıñ	tabiatlarnıñ
dative	tabiatqa	tabiatlarğa
accusative	tabiatnı	tabiatlarnı
locative	tabiatta	tabiatlarda
ablative	tabiattan	tabiatlardan

References

• “tabiat”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طبیعت (tabiʼat, “nature”), from Arabic طَبِيعَة (ṭabīʕa, “nature, quality, essence”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

tabiat (definite accusative tabiatı, plural tabiatlar)

1. nature; behaviour; character; temperament
   • 1931 January 1, Son Posta page 5, response to letter to romantic advice column:

     […] Alacağınız erkeğin tabiatleri mümkün olduğu kadar sizin tabiatlerinize uymalıdır. Ahlâkan size benzemiyen erkekle evlenmeyiniz.

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References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “tabîat”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1209
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tabiat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic	табиат (tabiat)‍
Latin	tabiat‍
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai طبیعت, from Arabic طَبِيعَة (ṭabīʕa).

Noun

tabiat (plural tabiatlar)

1. nature

Related terms

• tabiiy