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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish توافق (tevāfuḳ, “a being or becoming in agreement with one another, agreement, correspondance”),[1][2] from Arabic تَوَافُق (tawāfuq), verbal noun of تَوَافَقَ (tawāfaqa, “to agree with one another”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te.vaːˈfuk/
- Hyphenation: te‧va‧fuk
Noun
tevafuk (definite accusative tevafuğu, plural tevafuklar)
- (dated) More than one thing suiting, coinciding with one another.
- (Islam) The corresponding of events with regards to one another by divine purpose; any occurrence intended by God, as opposed to coincidence or blind chance.
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “توافق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 604
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “توافق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 410
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tevafuk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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