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kifayet

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كفایت (kifāyet),[1][2][3] from Arabic كِفَايَة (kifāya).[4]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ci.faːˈjet/
  • Hyphenation: ki‧fa‧yet

Noun

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kifayet (definite accusative kifayeti, plural kifayetler)

  1. sufficiency, adequacy
  2. competence

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative kifayet
Definite accusative kifayeti
Singular Plural
Nominative kifayet kifayetler
Definite accusative kifayeti kifayetleri
Dative kifayete kifayetlere
Locative kifayette kifayetlerde
Ablative kifayetten kifayetlerden
Genitive kifayetin kifayetlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular kifayetim kifayetlerim
2nd singular kifayetin kifayetlerin
3rd singular kifayeti kifayetleri
1st plural kifayetimiz kifayetlerimiz
2nd plural kifayetiniz kifayetleriniz
3rd plural kifayetleri kifayetleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular kifayetimi kifayetlerimi
2nd singular kifayetini kifayetlerini
3rd singular kifayetini kifayetlerini
1st plural kifayetimizi kifayetlerimizi
2nd plural kifayetinizi kifayetlerinizi
3rd plural kifayetlerini kifayetlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular kifayetime kifayetlerime
2nd singular kifayetine kifayetlerine
3rd singular kifayetine kifayetlerine
1st plural kifayetimize kifayetlerimize
2nd plural kifayetinize kifayetlerinize
3rd plural kifayetlerine kifayetlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular kifayetimde kifayetlerimde
2nd singular kifayetinde kifayetlerinde
3rd singular kifayetinde kifayetlerinde
1st plural kifayetimizde kifayetlerimizde
2nd plural kifayetinizde kifayetlerinizde
3rd plural kifayetlerinde kifayetlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular kifayetimden kifayetlerimden
2nd singular kifayetinden kifayetlerinden
3rd singular kifayetinden kifayetlerinden
1st plural kifayetimizden kifayetlerimizden
2nd plural kifayetinizden kifayetlerinizden
3rd plural kifayetlerinden kifayetlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular kifayetimin kifayetlerimin
2nd singular kifayetinin kifayetlerinin
3rd singular kifayetinin kifayetlerinin
1st plural kifayetimizin kifayetlerimizin
2nd plural kifayetinizin kifayetlerinizin
3rd plural kifayetlerinin kifayetlerinin

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غمزه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1556
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غمزه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1030
  3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “غمزه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1171
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kifayet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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