mesken

Maltese

Root
m-s-k-n
4 terms

Etymology

Denominal verb of miskin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛs.kɛn/

Verb

mesken (imperfect jmesken, past participle mmesken, verbal noun tmeskin)

1. to express pity for someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of mesken

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	meskint	meskint	mesken		meskinna	meskintu	mesknu
	f			mesknet
imperfect	m	mmesken	tmesken	jmesken		mmesknu	tmesknu	jmesknu
	f			tmesken
imperative			mesken				mesknu

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مسكن (mesken, “a dwelling, home”), from Arabic مَسْكَن (maskan), from سَكَنَ (sakana, “to be still, to calm down, to rest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mesˈcen/
• Hyphenation: mes‧ken

Noun

mesken (definite accusative meskeni, plural meskenler)

1. A place of residence; dwelling, home.
2. (slang) A place where one hangs out.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mesken
Definite accusative	meskeni
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mesken	meskenler
Definite accusative	meskeni	meskenleri
Dative	meskene	meskenlere
Locative	meskende	meskenlerde
Ablative	meskenden	meskenlerden
Genitive	meskenin	meskenlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular meskenim meskenlerim 2nd singular meskenin meskenlerin 3rd singular meskeni meskenleri 1st plural meskenimiz meskenlerimiz 2nd plural meskeniniz meskenleriniz 3rd plural meskenleri meskenleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular meskenimi meskenlerimi 2nd singular meskenini meskenlerini 3rd singular meskenini meskenlerini 1st plural meskenimizi meskenlerimizi 2nd plural meskeninizi meskenlerinizi 3rd plural meskenlerini meskenlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular meskenime meskenlerime 2nd singular meskenine meskenlerine 3rd singular meskenine meskenlerine 1st plural meskenimize meskenlerimize 2nd plural meskeninize meskenlerinize 3rd plural meskenlerine meskenlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular meskenimde meskenlerimde 2nd singular meskeninde meskenlerinde 3rd singular meskeninde meskenlerinde 1st plural meskenimizde meskenlerimizde 2nd plural meskeninizde meskenlerinizde 3rd plural meskenlerinde meskenlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular meskenimden meskenlerimden 2nd singular meskeninden meskenlerinden 3rd singular meskeninden meskenlerinden 1st plural meskenimizden meskenlerimizden 2nd plural meskeninizden meskenlerinizden 3rd plural meskenlerinden meskenlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular meskenimin meskenlerimin 2nd singular meskeninin meskenlerinin 3rd singular meskeninin meskenlerinin 1st plural meskenimizin meskenlerimizin 2nd plural meskeninizin meskenlerinizin 3rd plural meskenlerinin meskenlerinin

Derived terms

• mesken tutmak

 

Related terms

• iskân
• meskûn
• müsekkin
• sakin
• sükûn
• sükûnet
• teskin

 

Further reading

• “mesken”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mesken”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3163