Jump to content

tevekkeli

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Turkish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish توكللی (tevekküllü, tevekkeli)[1] or توكلی (tevekkeli, “(originally) In reliance on God; trusting to chance, haphazardly”),[2][3] from Arabic تَوَكُّل (tawakkul), verbal noun of تَوَكَّلَ (tawakkala, “to rely on, to trust entirely in, especially God”).[4]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /teˈvec.ce.li/, /te.vec.ceˈli/
  • Hyphenation: te‧vek‧ke‧li

Adverb

[edit]

tevekkeli

  1. in vain, pointlessly, to no purpose, for no good reason
    Synonyms: boşuna, boşu boşuna, boş yere, yok yere, beyhude, nafile
[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “توكللی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 612
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “توكلی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 416
  3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “تَوَكَّلی”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 453
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tevekkül”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=tevekkeli&oldid=83395223"