muğlak

Turkish

Etymology

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 The original Arabic meaning was retained in Ottoman Turkish but is obsolete in modern Turkish.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

• IPA^(key): /muːlak/

Adjective

muğlak

1. vague; confusing

   Synonyms: anlaşılmaz, çapraşık

Derived terms

• muğlaklık

References

• 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