Kevser

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كوثر (kevser),[1][2] Arabic كَوْثَر (kawṯar).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kevˈseɾ/
Hyphenation: Kev‧ser

Proper noun

Kevser

(Islam) The sacred pond or river believed to exist in Paradise; the Pond of Abundance.
(Islam) The 108th sura of the Quran; Al-Kawthar.
a female given name

Derived terms

abıkevser

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوثر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1582
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوثر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1047

Further reading

“Kevser”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “Kevser”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2584

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