tevkif

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish توقیف (tevkıf), from Arabic تَوْقِيف (tawqīf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tevˈcif/, (before a suffix beginning in a vowel) /tev.ciːf/

Noun

tevkif (definite accusative tevkifi, plural tevkifler or tevkifat) (archaic)

1. stop

   Synonym: durdurma

2. (law) arrest, detention

   Synonym: tutuklama

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	tevkif
Definite accusative	tevkifi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tevkif	tevkifler
Definite accusative	tevkifi	tevkifleri
Dative	tevkife	tevkiflere
Locative	tevkifte	tevkiflerde
Ablative	tevkiften	tevkiflerden
Genitive	tevkifin	tevkiflerin

Derived terms

• tevkif etmek
• tevkifhane

 

Related terms

• evkaf
• mevkuf
• muvakkıf
• tevakkuf
• vakıf
• vâkıf
• vukuf

 

References

• “tevkif”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tevkif”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN