mertebe

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مرتبه (mertebe, “a step, stair, a point of degree, rank, grade”), from Arabic مَرْتَبَة (martaba, “step, rank, degree”), verbal noun of رَتَبَ (rataba, “to be firm, to stand unmoved”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾ.teˈbe/
• Hyphenation: mer‧te‧be

Noun

mertebe (definite accusative mertebeyi, plural mertebeler)

1. A step, grade, degree.

   Synonyms: aşama, derece, basamak

2. A rank, position.

   Synonym: rütbe

3. A phase, stage.

   Synonyms: evre, safha

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mertebe
Definite accusative	mertebeyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mertebe	mertebeler
Definite accusative	mertebeyi	mertebeleri
Dative	mertebeye	mertebelere
Locative	mertebede	mertebelerde
Ablative	mertebeden	mertebelerden
Genitive	mertebenin	mertebelerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular mertebem mertebelerim 2nd singular merteben mertebelerin 3rd singular mertebesi mertebeleri 1st plural mertebemiz mertebelerimiz 2nd plural mertebeniz mertebeleriniz 3rd plural mertebeleri mertebeleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular mertebemi mertebelerimi 2nd singular mertebeni mertebelerini 3rd singular mertebesini mertebelerini 1st plural mertebemizi mertebelerimizi 2nd plural mertebenizi mertebelerinizi 3rd plural mertebelerini mertebelerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular mertebeme mertebelerime 2nd singular mertebene mertebelerine 3rd singular mertebesine mertebelerine 1st plural mertebemize mertebelerimize 2nd plural mertebenize mertebelerinize 3rd plural mertebelerine mertebelerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular mertebemde mertebelerimde 2nd singular mertebende mertebelerinde 3rd singular mertebesinde mertebelerinde 1st plural mertebemizde mertebelerimizde 2nd plural mertebenizde mertebelerinizde 3rd plural mertebelerinde mertebelerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular mertebemden mertebelerimden 2nd singular mertebenden mertebelerinden 3rd singular mertebesinden mertebelerinden 1st plural mertebemizden mertebelerimizden 2nd plural mertebenizden mertebelerinizden 3rd plural mertebelerinden mertebelerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular mertebemin mertebelerimin 2nd singular mertebenin mertebelerinin 3rd singular mertebesinin mertebelerinin 1st plural mertebemizin mertebelerimizin 2nd plural mertebenizin mertebelerinizin 3rd plural mertebelerinin mertebelerinin

Derived terms

• mümkün mertebe

 

Related terms

• meratip
• mürettep
• terettüp
• tertip

 

Further reading

• “mertebe”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mertebe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3158