mühlet

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German

Verb

mühlet

  1. second-person plural subjunctive II of mahlen

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مهلت, from Arabic مُهْلَة (muhla).

Noun

mühlet (definite accusative mühleti, plural mühletler)

  1. delay, respite, stay, grace period
    • 1939 September 4, headline in Yeni Mersin:
      İngiltere Almanyaya harb ilân etti / Fransanın verdiği mühlet de dün saat 17de sona erdi
      England declared war on Germany / the French ultimatum expired yesterday at 17h.

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مهلت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1253
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN