mütereddit

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish متردد (mütereddid), from Arabic مُتَرَدِّد (mutaraddid).

Adjective

mütereddit

  1. ambivalent, undecided, hesitant
    1948, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Nur Baba‎[1], page 44:
    "– Ah ne kadar sizinle beraber bulunmak isterdim!" dedi. Fakat tabiati cesaretsiz, azimsiz ve mütereddit olduğundan bu arzu onda hiç bir ân niyete tahavvül edemedi, daima uyuyan bir arzu halinde kaldı.
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Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “mütereddid”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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