mukadderat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مقدرات, plural of مقدر, from Arabic مُقَدَّر (muqaddar), passive participle of قَدَّرَ (qaddara, “to determine, estimate, foresee”). Formally, the Arabic plural of mukadder.

Noun

mukadderat (definite accusative mukadderatı, plural mukadderatlar)

1. destiny, fate

   Synonym: kader

   • 2015, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, quoting Yahya Galip Kargı, Nutuk, →ISBN, page 204:

     Paşa Hazretleri; biz mukadderatımızı ne böyle milletin mukadderatını bilmeyen hükümete ve ne de son anda düşünülerek gönderilecek valilere terk edemeyiz.

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References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مقدرات”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1208
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mukadder”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN