tekemmül

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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)

  1. (archaic) becoming perfect or complete; perfection
    • 1929 December 1, advertisement on page 12 of Vakit:
      Kappel tamamile tekemmül etmiş yazı makınası
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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