müşkülat
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مشكلات (müşkilat), plural of مشكل (müşkil), from Arabic مُشْكِل (muškil), from أَشْكَلَ (ʔaškala, “to be ambiguous, difficult”). By surface analysis, müşkül + -at.
Noun
müşkülat (definite accusative müşkülatı, plural müşkülatlar)
- difficulties
- Synonyms: güçlükler, zorluklar
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “müşkilât”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 902
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müşkül”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN