Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish موقع, from Arabic مَوْقِع (mawqiʕ).
Noun
mevki (definite accusative mevkiyi, plural mevkiler)
- place, site
1942 January 10, Son Telgraf:Uzak Şartka muharebe Singapur müstahkem mevkilerine intikal etmek üzeredir.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (business) situation or stand of a person
Usage notes
- All three of mevkii, mevkiı, and mevkiyi have been used as the definite accusative. The first two are older, based on the original Arabic pronunciation with an ayin at the end of the word.
Declension
Declension of mevki
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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mevki
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mevkiler
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| definite accusative
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mevkiyi
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mevkileri
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| dative
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mevkiye
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mevkilere
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| locative
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mevkide
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mevkilerde
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| ablative
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mevkiden
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mevkilerden
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| genitive
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mevkinin
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mevkilerin
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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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mevkim
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mevkilerim
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| 2nd singular
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mevkin
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mevkilerin
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| 3rd singular
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mevkisi
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mevkileri
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| 1st plural
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mevkimiz
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mevkilerimiz
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| 2nd plural
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mevkiniz
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mevkileriniz
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| 3rd plural
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mevkileri
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mevkileri
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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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mevkimi
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mevkilerimi
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| 2nd singular
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mevkini
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mevkilerini
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| 3rd singular
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mevkisini
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mevkilerini
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| 1st plural
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mevkimizi
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mevkilerimizi
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| 2nd plural
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mevkinizi
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mevkilerinizi
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| 3rd plural
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mevkilerini
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mevkilerini
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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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mevkime
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mevkilerime
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| 2nd singular
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mevkine
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mevkilerine
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| 3rd singular
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mevkisine
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mevkilerine
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| 1st plural
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mevkimize
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mevkilerimize
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| 2nd plural
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mevkinize
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mevkilerinize
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| 3rd plural
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mevkilerine
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mevkilerine
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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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mevkimde
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mevkilerimde
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| 2nd singular
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mevkinde
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mevkilerinde
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| 3rd singular
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mevkisinde
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mevkilerinde
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| 1st plural
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mevkimizde
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mevkilerimizde
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| 2nd plural
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mevkinizde
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mevkilerinizde
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| 3rd plural
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mevkilerinde
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mevkilerinde
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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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mevkimden
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mevkilerimden
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| 2nd singular
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mevkinden
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mevkilerinden
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| 3rd singular
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mevkisinden
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mevkilerinden
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| 1st plural
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mevkimizden
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mevkilerimizden
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| 2nd plural
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mevkinizden
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mevkilerinizden
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| 3rd plural
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mevkilerinden
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mevkilerinden
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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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mevkimin
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mevkilerimin
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| 2nd singular
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mevkinin
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mevkilerinin
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| 3rd singular
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mevkisinin
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mevkilerinin
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| 1st plural
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mevkimizin
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mevkilerimizin
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| 2nd plural
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mevkinizin
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mevkilerinizin
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| 3rd plural
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mevkilerinin
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mevkilerinin
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References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mevki”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN