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

Declension of tevkif

	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