istikamet

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish استقامت (istikamet), from Arabic اِسْتِقَامَة (istiqāma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /is.ti.kaːmet/
  • Hyphenation: is‧ti‧ka‧met

Noun

istikamet (definite accusative istikameti, plural istikametler)

  1. destination, direction
    Synonyms: destinasyon, doğrultu

Declension

Inflection
Nominative istikamet
Definite accusative istikameti
Singular Plural
Nominative istikamet istikametler
Definite accusative istikameti istikametleri
Dative istikamete istikametlere
Locative istikamette istikametlerde
Ablative istikametten istikametlerden
Genitive istikametin istikametlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular istikametim istikametlerim
2nd singular istikametin istikametlerin
3rd singular istikameti istikametleri
1st plural istikametimiz istikametlerimiz
2nd plural istikametiniz istikametleriniz
3rd plural istikametleri istikametleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular istikametimi istikametlerimi
2nd singular istikametini istikametlerini
3rd singular istikametini istikametlerini
1st plural istikametimizi istikametlerimizi
2nd plural istikametinizi istikametlerinizi
3rd plural istikametlerini istikametlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular istikametime istikametlerime
2nd singular istikametine istikametlerine
3rd singular istikametine istikametlerine
1st plural istikametimize istikametlerimize
2nd plural istikametinize istikametlerinize
3rd plural istikametlerine istikametlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular istikametimde istikametlerimde
2nd singular istikametinde istikametlerinde
3rd singular istikametinde istikametlerinde
1st plural istikametimizde istikametlerimizde
2nd plural istikametinizde istikametlerinizde
3rd plural istikametlerinde istikametlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular istikametimden istikametlerimden
2nd singular istikametinden istikametlerinden
3rd singular istikametinden istikametlerinden
1st plural istikametimizden istikametlerimizden
2nd plural istikametinizden istikametlerinizden
3rd plural istikametlerinden istikametlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular istikametimin istikametlerimin
2nd singular istikametinin istikametlerinin
3rd singular istikametinin istikametlerinin
1st plural istikametimizin istikametlerimizin
2nd plural istikametinizin istikametlerinizin
3rd plural istikametlerinin istikametlerinin

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استقامت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 102
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istikamet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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