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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Arabic مَعْنَوِيَّات (maʕnawiyyāt).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧ne‧vi‧yat
Noun
maneviyat
- moral condition
- immateriality
Declension
References
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish معنویات (maneviyat), plural of Arabic مَعْنَوِيّ (maʕnawiyy).
Noun
maneviyat (definite accusative maneviyatı)
- morale
1940 May 16, Abidin Daver, “Holanda'nın teslim oluşu”, in İkdam (Sabah Postası), page 1:Bu memleket de, Norveç gibi bitaraflığın kendisini kurtaracağı hülyasına kapılarak müttefiklerle müşterek müdafaa plânları hazırlamamış olmasına, askerî zaafına ve maneviyatının çürüklüğüne kurban gitmiştir.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- spiritual matters
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ma'neviyyât”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 691
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “manevi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN