mevzuat

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish موضوعات, plural of موضوع, from Arabic مَوْضُوع (mawḍūʕ, topic, subject). The standard Arabic plural is مَوَاضِيع (mawāḍīʕ) and the sound plural may be a Persian or Ottoman formation.

Noun

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mevzuat (definite accusative mevzuatı, plural mevzuatlar)

  1. laws, conventions; the law of the land
  2. Arabic plural of mevzu

References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mevzuat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “موضوعات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2032
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN