medeni

See also: mědění and mədəni

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

medeni (Cyrillic spelling медени)

  1. inflection of meden:
    1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
    2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
    3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • medenî

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مدنی (“city dweller; civilized”), from Arabic مَدَنِيّ (madaniyy).

Adjective

medeni

  1. civilized, cultured
  2. civil

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مدنی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1141
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “medeni”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَدَنِيّ (madaniyy).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: me‧de‧ni

Adjective

medeni (comparative ?, superlative iň medeni)

  1. cultural

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