vasiyet
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish وصیت (vasiyyet, “command; will; bequest”),[1] from Arabic وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.siˈjet/
- Hyphenation: va‧si‧yet
Noun
vasiyet (definite accusative vasiyeti, plural vasiyetler)
- will (a legal document that states who is to receive a person’s estate and assets after their death)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vasiyet | vasiyetler |
| definite accusative | vasiyeti | vasiyetleri |
| dative | vasiyete | vasiyetlere |
| locative | vasiyette | vasiyetlerde |
| ablative | vasiyetten | vasiyetlerden |
| genitive | vasiyetin | vasiyetlerin |
Derived terms
- vasiyet etmek
- vasiyetname
Related terms
See also
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وصیت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2139
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vasiyet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “vasiyet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “vasiyet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5095