istikbal

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish استقبال, from Arabic اِسْتِقْبَال (istiqbāl).

Noun

istikbal (definite accusative istikbali, plural istikballer)

  1. the future
    • 2015, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk, →ISBN, page 666:
      Ey Türk istikbalinin evladı!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (grammar) future tense
  3. going to meet somebody
  4. (astronomy) opposition

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istikbal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استقبال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 102
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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