muğlak
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish مغلق (muğlak, “closed; vague, confusing”), from Arabic مُغْلَق (muḡlaq, “closed”). The original Arabic meaning was retained in Ottoman Turkish but is obsolete in modern Turkish.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
muğlak
- vague; confusing
- Synonyms: anlaşılmaz, çapraşık
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References[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “muğlak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3275
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “muğlak”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 793
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مغلق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1199
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muğlak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN