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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish تقاعد (tekaüd), from Arabic تَقَاعُد (taqāʕud), verbal noun of تَقَاعَدَ (taqāʕada, “to retire”).
Noun
tekaüt (definite accusative tekaüdü, plural tekaütler)
- retirement
- pension
- retiree
- Synonym: emekli
Adjective
tekaüt
- retired
- pensioned
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tekaüt”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4693
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tekaüt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تقاعد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 575
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN