fetret
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فترت (fetret),[1][2] from Arabic فَتْرَة (fatra, “interval, interregnum”).[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fetret (definite accusative fetreti, plural (obsolete) fetretler or feterat)
- (religion, Islam, dated) The interval between two prophets when there isn't a prophet alive; specifically the time between prophets Jesus and Muhammad.
- (dated) The interval between two monarchs; interregnum.
- (dated) The interval between two events.
- (dated) The period until a weak central government regains power and order is restored.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fetret | fetretler |
| definite accusative | fetreti | fetretleri |
| dative | fetrete | fetretlere |
| locative | fetrette | fetretlerde |
| ablative | fetretten | fetretlerden |
| genitive | fetretin | fetretlerin |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فترت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1364
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فترت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 885
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fetret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “fetret”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fetret”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1570
Fetret Devri on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
