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Finnish
Noun
medet
- nominative plural of mesi
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مدد (meded, “help, aid, a helper, reinforcement, inter.; 'Help!'”), from Arabic مَدَد (madad, “help, assistance”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈdet/
- Hyphenation: me‧det
Noun
medet (definite accusative mededi, plural medetler)
- Help, assistance, aid.
- Synonyms: yardım, imdat, (regional) kömek, (dated) muavenet
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Interjection
medet!
- Help!
- Synonym: İmdat!
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مدد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1786
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مدد”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1140
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “medet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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