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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish موقع, from Arabic مَوْقِع (mawqiʕ).
Noun
mevki (definite accusative mevkiyi, plural mevkiler)
- place, site
1942 January 10, Son Telgraf:
- (business) situation or stand of a person
Usage notes
- All three of mevkii, mevkiı, and mevkiyi have been used as the definite accusative. The first two are older, based on the original Arabic pronunciation with an ayin at the end of the word.
Declension
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mevki”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN