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

Related terms

• kâmil
• kemal
• tekemmül

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ikmal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اكمال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 176
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN