tevafuk

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish توافق (tevāfuḳ, “a being or becoming in agreement with one another, agreement, correspondance”),[1][2] from Arabic تَوَافُق (tawāfuq), verbal noun of تَوَافَقَ (tawāfaqa, “to agree with one another”).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /te.vaːˈfuk/
  • Hyphenation: te‧va‧fuk

Noun

tevafuk (definite accusative tevafuğu, plural tevafuklar)

  1. (dated) More than one thing suiting, coinciding with one another.
  2. (Islam) The corresponding of events with regards to one another by divine purpose; any occurrence intended by God, as opposed to coincidence or blind chance.

Declension

Declension of tevafuk
singular plural
nominative tevafuk tevafuklar
definite accusative tevafuğu tevafukları
dative tevafuğa tevafuklara
locative tevafukta tevafuklarda
ablative tevafuktan tevafuklardan
genitive tevafuğun tevafukların

Derived terms

  • tevafuk etmek

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “توافق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 604
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “توافق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 410
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tevafuk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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