müstahkem
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مستحكم (müstahkem),[1][2][3] from Arabic مُسْتَحْكَم (mustaḥkam).[4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mys.tahˈcem/
- Hyphenation: müs‧tah‧kem
Adjective
müstahkem
- (military, dated) fortified, reinforced
- 1942 January 10, Son Telgraf:
- Uzak Şartka muharebe Singapur müstahkem mevkilerine intikal etmek üzeredir.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- solid, firm
Derived terms
- müstahkem mevki
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مستحكم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1834
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مستحكم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1161
- Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “مستحكم”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1336
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müstahkem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “müstahkem”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “müstahkem”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3400
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