müşkülat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مشكلات (müşkilat), plural of مشكل (müşkil), from Arabic مُشْكِل (muškil), from أَشْكَلَ (ʔaškala, “to be ambiguous, difficult”). By surface analysis, müşkül +‎ -at.

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