Kevser

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كوثر (kevser),[1][2] Arabic كَوْثَر (kawṯar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kevˈseɾ/
  • Hyphenation: Kev‧ser

Proper noun

Kevser

  1. (Islam) The sacred pond or river believed to exist in Paradise; the Pond of Abundance.
  2. (Islam) The 108th sura of the Quran; Al-Kawthar.
  3. a female given name from Arabic

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوثر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1582
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوثر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1047

Further reading

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