kefaret

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كفارت (keffaret, kefaret, “a canonical atonement for a sin, a remedy, resource”), from Arabic كَفَّارَة (kaffāra, “penance, atonement”), from كَفَّرَ (kaffara, “to cover, to hide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ce.faːˈɾet/
• Hyphenation: ke‧fa‧ret

Noun

kefaret (definite accusative kefareti, plural kefaretler)

1. redemption
2. (religion) An act of charity or fasting with the hope that a sin is forgiven.
3. A compensation in the form of money or goods for a crime of physical injury; blood money.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kefaret
Definite accusative	kefareti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kefaret	kefaretler
Definite accusative	kefareti	kefaretleri
Dative	kefarete	kefaretlere
Locative	kefarette	kefaretlerde
Ablative	kefaretten	kefaretlerden
Genitive	kefaretin	kefaretlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kefaretim kefaretlerim 2nd singular kefaretin kefaretlerin 3rd singular kefareti kefaretleri 1st plural kefaretimiz kefaretlerimiz 2nd plural kefaretiniz kefaretleriniz 3rd plural kefaretleri kefaretleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kefaretimi kefaretlerimi 2nd singular kefaretini kefaretlerini 3rd singular kefaretini kefaretlerini 1st plural kefaretimizi kefaretlerimizi 2nd plural kefaretinizi kefaretlerinizi 3rd plural kefaretlerini kefaretlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kefaretime kefaretlerime 2nd singular kefaretine kefaretlerine 3rd singular kefaretine kefaretlerine 1st plural kefaretimize kefaretlerimize 2nd plural kefaretinize kefaretlerinize 3rd plural kefaretlerine kefaretlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kefaretimde kefaretlerimde 2nd singular kefaretinde kefaretlerinde 3rd singular kefaretinde kefaretlerinde 1st plural kefaretimizde kefaretlerimizde 2nd plural kefaretinizde kefaretlerinizde 3rd plural kefaretlerinde kefaretlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kefaretimden kefaretlerimden 2nd singular kefaretinden kefaretlerinden 3rd singular kefaretinden kefaretlerinden 1st plural kefaretimizden kefaretlerimizden 2nd plural kefaretinizden kefaretlerinizden 3rd plural kefaretlerinden kefaretlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kefaretimin kefaretlerimin 2nd singular kefaretinin kefaretlerinin 3rd singular kefaretinin kefaretlerinin 1st plural kefaretimizin kefaretlerimizin 2nd plural kefaretinizin kefaretlerinizin 3rd plural kefaretlerinin kefaretlerinin

Derived terms

• kefaretini ödemek

 

Related terms

• kâfir
• küfür
• tekfir
• Yom Kippur

 

Further reading

• “kefaret”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kefaret¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2520