وكیل

See also: وكيل and وکیل

Ottoman Turkish

Borrowed from Arabic وَكِيل (wakīl, “agent, envoy”).

وكیل • (vekil) (definite accusative وكیلی (vekili), plural وكلا (vükelâ))

agent, proxy, one who acts in the place of another by that person's authority, someone entrusted to act on behalf of another
Synonym: ایلچی (elçi)
lieutenant, a junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well as fire services or police forces
Synonym: ملازم (mülâzim)
mandatary, mandatory, a person, organisation, or state who receives a mandate or similar command by an authority

افلاس وكیلی (iflâs vekili, “trustee in bankruptcy”)
باش وكیل (baş vekil, “Prime Minister”)
داماد وكیلی (damad vekili, “agent legally appointed to execute a contract of marriage”)
دعوا وكیلی (daʼva vekili, “barrister”)
وكیل اولمق (vekil olmak, “to become an agent”)
وكیل ایتمك (vekil etmek, “to appoint as an agent”)
وكیل ایدنمك (vekil edinmek, “to procure an agent”)
وكیل مطلق (vekil-i mutlak, “attorney with unlimited powers”)
وكیل مقید (vekil-i mukâyyed, “attorney with limited powers”)
وكیلخرج (vekilharc, “under-steward”)
وكیللك (vekillik, “delegacy”)

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