tekaüt

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تقاعد (tekaüd), from Arabic تَقَاعُد (taqāʕud), verbal noun of تَقَاعَدَ (taqāʕada, “to retire”).

Noun

tekaüt (definite accusative tekaüdü, plural tekaütler)

1. retirement
2. pension
3. retiree

   Synonym: emekli

Adjective

tekaüt

1. retired
2. pensioned

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tekaüt”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4693
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tekaüt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تقاعد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 575
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN