ikmal

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اكمال, from Arabic إِكْمَال (ʔikmāl), verbal noun of أَكْمَلَ (ʔakmala, “to finish, complete”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ic.mal/

Noun

ikmal (definite accusative ikmali, plural ikmaller)

  1. completing; completion
  2. (military) reinforcement, supply

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ikmal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اكمال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 176
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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