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

Related terms

• kabul
• müstakbel

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istikbal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استقبال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 102
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN