mevki

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish موقع, from Arabic مَوْقِع (mawqiʕ).

Noun

mevki (definite accusative mevkiyi, plural mevkiler)

1. place, site
   • 1942 January 10, Son Telgraf:

     Uzak Şartka muharebe Singapur müstahkem mevkilerine intikal etmek üzeredir.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (business) situation or stand of a person

Usage notes

• All three of mevkii, mevkiı, and mevkiyi have been used as the definite accusative. The first two are older, based on the original Arabic pronunciation with an ayin at the end of the word.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mevki
Definite accusative	mevkiyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mevki	mevkiler
Definite accusative	mevkiyi	mevkileri
Dative	mevkiye	mevkilere
Locative	mevkide	mevkilerde
Ablative	mevkiden	mevkilerden
Genitive	mevkinin	mevkilerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular mevkim mevkilerim 2nd singular mevkin mevkilerin 3rd singular mevkisi mevkileri 1st plural mevkimiz mevkilerimiz 2nd plural mevkiniz mevkileriniz 3rd plural mevkileri mevkileri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular mevkimi mevkilerimi 2nd singular mevkini mevkilerini 3rd singular mevkisini mevkilerini 1st plural mevkimizi mevkilerimizi 2nd plural mevkinizi mevkilerinizi 3rd plural mevkilerini mevkilerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular mevkime mevkilerime 2nd singular mevkine mevkilerine 3rd singular mevkisine mevkilerine 1st plural mevkimize mevkilerimize 2nd plural mevkinize mevkilerinize 3rd plural mevkilerine mevkilerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular mevkimde mevkilerimde 2nd singular mevkinde mevkilerinde 3rd singular mevkisinde mevkilerinde 1st plural mevkimizde mevkilerimizde 2nd plural mevkinizde mevkilerinizde 3rd plural mevkilerinde mevkilerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular mevkimden mevkilerimden 2nd singular mevkinden mevkilerinden 3rd singular mevkisinden mevkilerinden 1st plural mevkimizden mevkilerimizden 2nd plural mevkinizden mevkilerinizden 3rd plural mevkilerinden mevkilerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular mevkimin mevkilerimin 2nd singular mevkinin mevkilerinin 3rd singular mevkisinin mevkilerinin 1st plural mevkimizin mevkilerimizin 2nd plural mevkinizin mevkilerinizin 3rd plural mevkilerinin mevkilerinin

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mevki”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN