fetret

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فترت (fetret),[1][2] from Arabic فَتْرَة (fatra, “interval, interregnum”).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fetˈɾet/
  • Hyphenation: fet‧ret

Noun

fetret (definite accusative fetreti, plural (obsolete) fetretler or feterat)

  1. (religion, Islam, dated) The interval between two prophets when there isn't a prophet alive; specifically the time between prophets Jesus and Muhammad.
  2. (dated) The interval between two monarchs; interregnum.
  3. (dated) The interval between two events.
  4. (dated) The period until a weak central government regains power and order is restored.

Declension

Declension of fetret
singular plural
nominative fetret fetretler
definite accusative fetreti fetretleri
dative fetrete fetretlere
locative fetrette fetretlerde
ablative fetretten fetretlerden
genitive fetretin fetretlerin

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فترت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1364
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فترت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 885
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fetret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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