temenni

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تمنی (temenni, “a desiring in one's heart and mind, an asking for, a requesting”),^[1] from Arabic تَمَنٍّ (tamannin), verbal noun of تَمَنَّى (tamannā, “to wish for, to desire”).^[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.menˈniː/
• Hyphenation: te‧men‧ni

Noun

temenni (definite accusative temenniyi, plural temenniler)

1. An act of wishing for something to come true.
2. A wish, desire, request.

   Synonyms: dilek, istek

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	temenni
Definite accusative	temenniyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	temenni	temenniler
Definite accusative	temenniyi	temennileri
Dative	temenniye	temennilere
Locative	temennide	temennilerde
Ablative	temenniden	temennilerden
Genitive	temenninin	temennilerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular temennim temennilerim 2nd singular temennin temennilerin 3rd singular temennisi temennileri 1st plural temennimiz temennilerimiz 2nd plural temenniniz temennileriniz 3rd plural temennileri temennileri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular temennimi temennilerimi 2nd singular temennini temennilerini 3rd singular temennisini temennilerini 1st plural temennimizi temennilerimizi 2nd plural temenninizi temennilerinizi 3rd plural temennilerini temennilerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular temennime temennilerime 2nd singular temennine temennilerine 3rd singular temennisine temennilerine 1st plural temennimize temennilerimize 2nd plural temenninize temennilerinize 3rd plural temennilerine temennilerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular temennimde temennilerimde 2nd singular temenninde temennilerinde 3rd singular temennisinde temennilerinde 1st plural temennimizde temennilerimizde 2nd plural temenninizde temennilerinizde 3rd plural temennilerinde temennilerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular temennimden temennilerimden 2nd singular temenninden temennilerinden 3rd singular temennisinden temennilerinden 1st plural temennimizden temennilerimizden 2nd plural temenninizden temennilerinizden 3rd plural temennilerinden temennilerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular temennimin temennilerimin 2nd singular temenninin temennilerinin 3rd singular temennisinin temennilerinin 1st plural temennimizin temennilerimizin 2nd plural temenninizin temennilerinizin 3rd plural temennilerinin temennilerinin

Derived terms

• temenni etmek
• temennide bulunmak

 

Related terms

• istimna
• meni
• temenna

 

References

1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تمنی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 594
2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “temenni”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

• “temenni”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “temenni”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4720