tevekkeli
Turkish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /teˈvec.ce.li/, /te.vec.ceˈli/
- Hyphenation: te‧vek‧ke‧li
Related terms
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “توكللی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 612
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “توكلی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 416
- Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “تَوَكَّلی”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 453
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tevekkül”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “tevekkeli”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tevekkeli”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4784
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