istikbal

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish استقبال, from Arabic اِسْتِقْبَال (istiqbāl).

Noun

istikbal (definite accusative istikbali, plural istikballer)

  1. the future
  2. (grammar) future tense
  3. going to meet somebody
  4. (astronomy) opposition

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istikbal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استقبال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 102
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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