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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كفایت (kifāyet),[1][2][3] from Arabic كِفَايَة (kifāya).[4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ci.faːˈjet/
- Hyphenation: ki‧fa‧yet
Noun
kifayet (definite accusative kifayeti, plural kifayetler)
- sufficiency, adequacy
- competence
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غمزه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1556
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غمزه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1030
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “غمزه”, in قاموس تركی (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1171
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kifayet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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