mevcudiyet

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish موجودیت, equivalent to Arabic مَوْجُود (mawjūd) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya) but possibly a pseudo-Arabic formation in Ottoman Turkish or Persian. By surface analysis, mevcut +‎ -iyet.

Noun

mevcudiyet (definite accusative mevcudiyedi, plural mevcudiyetler)

  1. existence
  2. presence

See also

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mevcut”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 767
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