maksatlı

Turkish

Etymology

From maksat (“purpose”) +‎ -lı.

Adjective

maksatlı

  1. with a purpose or aim
    Yani bir mesleğe dönüşecek seviyede mi yoksa tamamen dinlenmek maksatlı mı yapıyorsunuz?
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(Easy Turkish 58)

  1. with a bad intention

References
  • Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “maksatlı”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
  • A. D. Alderson and Fahir İz, editors (1985), The Oxford Turkish-English Dictionary, 3rd edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  • Serap Bezmez and C. H. Brown, editors (2001), The Redhouse dictionary Turkish-English, 2nd edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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