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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish وكالت (vekâlet), from Arabic وِكَالَة (wikāla).
Noun
vekâlet (definite accusative vekâleti, plural vekâletler)
- power of attorney; agency
- ministry (government agency)
Declension
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vekâlet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وكالت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2147
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN