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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ولی نعمت (veli niʿmet, “a benefactor”),[1][2] from Arabic وَلِيّ اَلنِّعْمَة (waliyy an-niʕma), from وَلِيّ (waliyy, “helper, protector, benefactor, patron”) + نِعْمَة (niʕma, “blessing, benefit”), equivalent to veli + nimet.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /βe.liːniːˈmet/
- Hyphenation: ve‧li‧ni‧met
Noun
velinimet (definite accusative velinimeti, plural velinimetler)
- Someone who does a favor of immesurable importance for someone.
- (figuratively) A customer.
Declension
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وَلِيّ النِعْمَة”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2149
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ولی نعمت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1316
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “velinimet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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