kanaat

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish قناعت (contentment), from Arabic قَنَاعَة (qanāʕa). The sense meaning opinion arose in early modern Turkish.

Noun[edit]

kanaat (definite accusative kanaati, plural kanaatler)

  1. opinion; conviction
    • 1936 April 30, “Son Telgraflar”, in Ulusal Birlik, page 4:
      Herkes, İspanyanın Bolşevikliğe doğru gittiği kanaatini beslemektedir.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. satisfaction, contentment

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