devlet
Meaning
state (any sovereign polity)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dev.let/
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دولت (devlet), from Arabic دَوْلَةٌ m sg (dawlatun, “a state”, indefinite nominative). Compare also Azerbaijani dövlət, Bashkir дәүләт (dəwlət), Kazakh дәулет (däulet), Kyrgyz дөөлөт (döölöt), Uzbek davlat, etc.
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Sentences
Kötü 👎 haberse devlet finansmanı.
👎
The bad news is the government funding.
Görevdeki devlet başkanı Hamid Karzai görev süresi kısıtlamaları nedeniyle aday gösterilmeye uygun değildi.
The incumbent president, Hamid Karzai, was not eligible to be nominated due to term constraints.