mukavemet

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مقاومت (mukavemet), from Arabic مُقَاوَمَة (muqāwama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.kaː.ve.met/

Noun

mukavemet (definite accusative mukavemeti, plural mukavemetler) (formal)

1. durability

   Synonym: dayanıklılık

2. resistance

   Synonyms: direnç, rezistans

3. strength

   Synonyms: güç, kuvvet

Declension

Declension of mukavemet

	singular	plural
nominative	mukavemet	mukavemetler
definite accusative	mukavemeti	mukavemetleri
dative	mukavemete	mukavemetlere
locative	mukavemette	mukavemetlerde
ablative	mukavemetten	mukavemetlerden
genitive	mukavemetin	mukavemetlerin

Derived terms

• mukavemet etmek (“to resist”)

Related terms

• kamet
• mukavim (“resistant”)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mukavemet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük