Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قناعت (“contentment”), from Arabic قَنَاعَة (qanāʕa). The sense meaning opinion arose in early modern Turkish.
Noun
kanaat (definite accusative kanaati, plural kanaatler)
- opinion; conviction
1936 April 30, “Son Telgraflar”, in Ulusal Birlik, page 4:Herkes, İspanyanın Bolşevikliğe doğru gittiği kanaatini beslemektedir.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- satisfaction, contentment
Declension
Declension of kanaat
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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kanaat
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kanaatler
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| definite accusative
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kanaati
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kanaatleri
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| dative
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kanaate
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kanaatlere
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| locative
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kanaatte
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kanaatlerde
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| ablative
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kanaatten
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kanaatlerden
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| genitive
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kanaatin
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kanaatlerin
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Possessive forms
| nominative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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kanaatim
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kanaatlerim
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| 2nd singular
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kanaatin
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kanaatlerin
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| 3rd singular
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kanaati
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kanaatleri
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| 1st plural
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kanaatimiz
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kanaatlerimiz
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| 2nd plural
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kanaatiniz
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kanaatleriniz
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| 3rd plural
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kanaatleri
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kanaatleri
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| definite accusative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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kanaatimi
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kanaatlerimi
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| 2nd singular
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kanaatini
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kanaatlerini
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| 3rd singular
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kanaatini
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kanaatlerini
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| 1st plural
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kanaatimizi
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kanaatlerimizi
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| 2nd plural
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kanaatinizi
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kanaatlerinizi
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| 3rd plural
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kanaatlerini
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kanaatlerini
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| dative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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kanaatime
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kanaatlerime
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| 2nd singular
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kanaatine
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kanaatlerine
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| 3rd singular
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kanaatine
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kanaatlerine
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| 1st plural
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kanaatimize
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kanaatlerimize
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| 2nd plural
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kanaatinize
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kanaatlerinize
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| 3rd plural
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kanaatlerine
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kanaatlerine
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| locative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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kanaatimde
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kanaatlerimde
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| 2nd singular
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kanaatinde
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kanaatlerinde
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| 3rd singular
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kanaatinde
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kanaatlerinde
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| 1st plural
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kanaatimizde
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kanaatlerimizde
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| 2nd plural
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kanaatinizde
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kanaatlerinizde
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| 3rd plural
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kanaatlerinde
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kanaatlerinde
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| ablative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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kanaatimden
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kanaatlerimden
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| 2nd singular
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kanaatinden
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kanaatlerinden
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| 3rd singular
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kanaatinden
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kanaatlerinden
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| 1st plural
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kanaatimizden
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kanaatlerimizden
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| 2nd plural
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kanaatinizden
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kanaatlerinizden
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| 3rd plural
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kanaatlerinden
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kanaatlerinden
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| genitive
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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kanaatimin
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kanaatlerimin
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| 2nd singular
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kanaatinin
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kanaatlerinin
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| 3rd singular
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kanaatinin
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kanaatlerinin
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| 1st plural
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kanaatimizin
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kanaatlerimizin
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| 2nd plural
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kanaatinizin
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kanaatlerinizin
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| 3rd plural
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kanaatlerinin
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kanaatlerinin
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References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kanaat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قناعت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1474
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 592