istikamet
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish استقامت (istikamet),[1] from Arabic اِسْتِقَامَة (istiqāma).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]istikamet (definite accusative istikameti, plural istikametler)
- destination, direction
- Synonyms: destinasyon, doğrultu
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استقامت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 102
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istikamet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “istikamet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “istikamet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2236