tevkif

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish توقیف (tevkıf), from Arabic تَوْقِيف (tawqīf).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tevˈcif/, (before a suffix beginning in a vowel) /tev.ciːf/

Noun

tevkif (definite accusative tevkifi, plural tevkifler or tevkifat) (archaic)

  1. stop
    Synonym: durdurma
  2. (law) arrest, detention
    Synonym: tutuklama

Declension
Inflection
Nominative tevkif
Definite accusative tevkifi
Singular Plural
Nominative tevkif tevkifler
Definite accusative tevkifi tevkifleri
Dative tevkife tevkiflere
Locative tevkifte tevkiflerde
Ablative tevkiften tevkiflerden
Genitive tevkifin tevkiflerin

Derived terms
  • tevkif etmek
  • tevkifhane

References
  • “tevkif”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tevkif”, 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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