müşkülat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مشكلات (müşkilat), plural of مشكل (müşkil), from Arabic مُشْكِل (muškil), from أَشْكَلَ (ʔaškala, “to be ambiguous, difficult”)

Noun

müşkülat (definite accusative müşkülatı, plural müşkülatlar)

1. difficulties

   Synonyms: güçlükler, zorluklar

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “müşkilât”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 902
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müşkül”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN