muvazene

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish موازنه (muvâzene, “a balancing one another, equipoise, equilibrium, balance”), from Arabic مُوَازَنَة (muwāzana), verbal noun of وَزَنَ (wazana, “to weigh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.βaːzeˈne/
• Hyphenation: mu‧va‧ze‧ne

Noun

muvazene (definite accusative muvazeneyi, plural muvazeneler)

1. (dated) balance, equilibrium

   Synonym: denge

2. (dated) An act of balancing.

   Synonym: dengeleme

Declension

Declension of muvazene

singular plural nominative muvazene muvazeneler definite accusative muvazeneyi muvazeneleri dative muvazeneye muvazenelere locative muvazenede muvazenelerde ablative muvazeneden muvazenelerden genitive muvazenenin muvazenelerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular muvazenem muvazenelerim 2nd singular muvazenen muvazenelerin 3rd singular muvazenesi muvazeneleri 1st plural muvazenemiz muvazenelerimiz 2nd plural muvazeneniz muvazeneleriniz 3rd plural muvazeneleri muvazeneleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular muvazenemi muvazenelerimi 2nd singular muvazeneni muvazenelerini 3rd singular muvazenesini muvazenelerini 1st plural muvazenemizi muvazenelerimizi 2nd plural muvazenenizi muvazenelerinizi 3rd plural muvazenelerini muvazenelerini dative singular plural 1st singular muvazeneme muvazenelerime 2nd singular muvazenene muvazenelerine 3rd singular muvazenesine muvazenelerine 1st plural muvazenemize muvazenelerimize 2nd plural muvazenenize muvazenelerinize 3rd plural muvazenelerine muvazenelerine locative singular plural 1st singular muvazenemde muvazenelerimde 2nd singular muvazenende muvazenelerinde 3rd singular muvazenesinde muvazenelerinde 1st plural muvazenemizde muvazenelerimizde 2nd plural muvazenenizde muvazenelerinizde 3rd plural muvazenelerinde muvazenelerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular muvazenemden muvazenelerimden 2nd singular muvazenenden muvazenelerinden 3rd singular muvazenesinden muvazenelerinden 1st plural muvazenemizden muvazenelerimizden 2nd plural muvazenenizden muvazenelerinizden 3rd plural muvazenelerinden muvazenelerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular muvazenemin muvazenelerimin 2nd singular muvazenenin muvazenelerinin 3rd singular muvazenesinin muvazenelerinin 1st plural muvazenemizin muvazenelerimizin 2nd plural muvazenenizin muvazenelerinizin 3rd plural muvazenelerinin muvazenelerinin

Derived terms

• muvazene etmek
• muvazeneli

Related terms

• mevzun
• mizan
• vezin
• vezne
• veznedar

Further reading

• “muvazene”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “muvazene”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3332