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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish تكمل (tekemmül), from Arabic تَكَمُّل (takammul), verbal noun of تَكَمَّلَ (takammala, “to be or become whole, complete, perfect”).
Noun
tekemmül (definite accusative tekemmülü, plural tekemmüller)
- (archaic) becoming perfect or complete; perfection
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References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tekemmül”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تكمل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 583
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1127