menfaat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish منفعت, from Arabic مَنْفَعَة (manfaʕa, “usefulness; advantage”). Compare Azerbaijani mənfəət.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛn.faˈatʲ/

Noun

menfaat (definite accusative menfaati, plural menfaatler or (dated) menafi)

1. advantage to oneself
2. self-interest

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	menfaat
Definite accusative	menfaati
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	menfaat	menfaatler
Definite accusative	menfaati	menfaatleri
Dative	menfaate	menfaatlere
Locative	menfaatte	menfaatlerde
Ablative	menfaatten	menfaatlerden
Genitive	menfaatin	menfaatlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular menfaatim menfaatlerim 2nd singular menfaatin menfaatlerin 3rd singular menfaati menfaatleri 1st plural menfaatimiz menfaatlerimiz 2nd plural menfaatiniz menfaatleriniz 3rd plural menfaatleri menfaatleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular menfaatimi menfaatlerimi 2nd singular menfaatini menfaatlerini 3rd singular menfaatini menfaatlerini 1st plural menfaatimizi menfaatlerimizi 2nd plural menfaatinizi menfaatlerinizi 3rd plural menfaatlerini menfaatlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular menfaatime menfaatlerime 2nd singular menfaatine menfaatlerine 3rd singular menfaatine menfaatlerine 1st plural menfaatimize menfaatlerimize 2nd plural menfaatinize menfaatlerinize 3rd plural menfaatlerine menfaatlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular menfaatimde menfaatlerimde 2nd singular menfaatinde menfaatlerinde 3rd singular menfaatinde menfaatlerinde 1st plural menfaatimizde menfaatlerimizde 2nd plural menfaatinizde menfaatlerinizde 3rd plural menfaatlerinde menfaatlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular menfaatimden menfaatlerimden 2nd singular menfaatinden menfaatlerinden 3rd singular menfaatinden menfaatlerinden 1st plural menfaatimizden menfaatlerimizden 2nd plural menfaatinizden menfaatlerinizden 3rd plural menfaatlerinden menfaatlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular menfaatimin menfaatlerimin 2nd singular menfaatinin menfaatlerinin 3rd singular menfaatinin menfaatlerinin 1st plural menfaatimizin menfaatlerimizin 2nd plural menfaatinizin menfaatlerinizin 3rd plural menfaatlerinin menfaatlerinin

Synonyms

• çıkar

Derived terms

• menafiiumumiye
• menfaatçi
• menfaatperest

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “menfaat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “منفعت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2009