müphem

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Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مبهم (mübhem, closed, shut; solid; impenetrable to counsel; dubious, vague), from Arabic مُبْهَم (mubham), passive participle of أَبْهَمَ (ʔabhama, to shut/lock, to conceal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mypˈhem/, (colloquial) /myˈpem/
  • Hyphenation: müp‧hem

Adjective

müphem

  1. (dated) vague, unclear, obscure
    Synonyms: belirsiz, belgisiz, gayrimuayyen, vuzuhsuz, meçhul

Declension

Adverb

müphem

  1. (dated) vaguely, unclearly

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مبهم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1675
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مبهم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1103
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müphem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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