مقدرات

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Plural of مقدر (mukadder), from Arabic مُقَدَّر (muqaddar), passive participle of قَدَّرَ (qaddara, “to determine, estimate, foresee”).

Noun

مقدرات • (mukadderat)

  1. destiny, fate
    • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, quoting Yahya Galip Kargı, Nutuk‎:
      پاشا حضرتلری ؛ بز ، مقدراتمزی ، نه بویله ، ملتك مقدراتنی بیلمین حكومته و نه ده ثم التدارك كوندریله‌جك والیلره ترك ایده میز.
      Paşa hazretleri: biz, mukadderatımızı, ne böyle, milletin mukadderatını bilmeyen hükümete ve ne de summe at-tedarik gönderilecek valilere terk edemeyiz.
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Descendants
  • Turkish: mukadderat

References
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مقدرات”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1208
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mukadder”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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