murakabe
Turkish
Alternative forms
- murakaba, mürakabe
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مراقبه (murakabe, “vigilance”), from Arabic مُرَاقَبَة (murāqaba), verbal noun of رَاقَبَ (rāqaba).
Noun
murakabe (definite accusative murakabeyi, plural murakabeler) (archaic)
- supervision, inspection, oversight
- 1941 December 11, “Fiat Mürakabe Komisyonundan [From the Price Control Commission]”, in Yeniyol, Trabzon, page 2:
- Vilâyet Fiat Mürakabe komisyonunca şımdiye kadar satış fiatları tesbit ve ilân edilmiş olan maddeleri tekrar ve aynen ilân ediyoruz.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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- (business) audit
- censure
- meditation, contemplation
Related terms
- murakıp
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “murâkabe”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 817
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “murakabe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مراقبه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1799
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN