mevkuf

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish موقوف (mevkuf), from Arabic مَوْقُوف (mawqūf), passive participle of وَقَفَ (waqafa).

Adjective

mevkuf

arrested, detained, held, stopped
(with ablative) dependent on
Synonyms: ait, bağlı
(law, Islam) dedicated to a waqf

Related terms

vakıf

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mevkuf”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 759
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mevkuf”, 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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