mevki

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish موقع, from Arabic مَوْقِع (mawqiʕ).

Noun

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mevki (definite accusative mevkiyi, plural mevkiler)

  1. place, site
    • 1942 January 10, Son Telgraf:
      Uzak Şartka muharebe Singapur müstahkem mevkilerine intikal etmek üzeredir.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (business) situation or stand of a person

Usage notes

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  • All three of mevkii, mevkiı, and mevkiyi have been used as the definite accusative. The first two are older, based on the original Arabic pronunciation with an ayin at the end of the word.

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative mevki
Definite accusative mevkiyi
Singular Plural
Nominative mevki mevkiler
Definite accusative mevkiyi mevkileri
Dative mevkiye mevkilere
Locative mevkide mevkilerde
Ablative mevkiden mevkilerden
Genitive mevkinin mevkilerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular mevkim mevkilerim
2nd singular mevkin mevkilerin
3rd singular mevkisi mevkileri
1st plural mevkimiz mevkilerimiz
2nd plural mevkiniz mevkileriniz
3rd plural mevkileri mevkileri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular mevkimi mevkilerimi
2nd singular mevkini mevkilerini
3rd singular mevkisini mevkilerini
1st plural mevkimizi mevkilerimizi
2nd plural mevkinizi mevkilerinizi
3rd plural mevkilerini mevkilerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular mevkime mevkilerime
2nd singular mevkine mevkilerine
3rd singular mevkisine mevkilerine
1st plural mevkimize mevkilerimize
2nd plural mevkinize mevkilerinize
3rd plural mevkilerine mevkilerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular mevkimde mevkilerimde
2nd singular mevkinde mevkilerinde
3rd singular mevkisinde mevkilerinde
1st plural mevkimizde mevkilerimizde
2nd plural mevkinizde mevkilerinizde
3rd plural mevkilerinde mevkilerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular mevkimden mevkilerimden
2nd singular mevkinden mevkilerinden
3rd singular mevkisinden mevkilerinden
1st plural mevkimizden mevkilerimizden
2nd plural mevkinizden mevkilerinizden
3rd plural mevkilerinden mevkilerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular mevkimin mevkilerimin
2nd singular mevkinin mevkilerinin
3rd singular mevkisinin mevkilerinin
1st plural mevkimizin mevkilerimizin
2nd plural mevkinizin mevkilerinizin
3rd plural mevkilerinin mevkilerinin

References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mevki”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN