mümanaat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ممانعت, from Arabic مُمَانَعَة (mumānaʕa), verbal noun of form III from the root م ن ع (m-n-ʕ).

Noun

mümanaat (definite accusative mümanaatı, plural mümanaatlar)

1. opposing, hindering, preventing; opposition, prevention
   • 1937 September 13, “Seyit Rıza Teslim oldu”, in Kurun:

     Dersim mümanaatının başı Seyid Rıza dün iki arkadaşı ile Erzincan hükûmetine teslim olmuştur.

     Dersim rebel leader Seyid Riza and two companions surrendered to Erzincan authorities yesterday.

Related terms

• imtina
• mani
• men
• mümteni

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ممانعت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1976
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 819