معاند

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُعَانِد (muʕānid), active participle of عَانَدَ (ʕānada). The pronunciation with geminate n is an Ottoman innovation. Devellioğlu considers it an error.

Adjective

معاند • (muanid or muannid) (feminine معانده (muanide))

  1. stubborn, obstinate
    • 1916, Ahmet Refik [Altınay], قادینلر سلطنتی [Kadınlar saltanatı, Sultanate of Women]‎[1], page 53:
      سلطان ابراهیم، قده مصتفی پاشانك دسیسه‌سنی بر دولی اونوتامیوردی:
      - نه درسن، قوجه دلی. شو آرناود عجب معاند دكلمی ایدی؟
      Sultan ibrahim, kara mustafa paşanın desise bir türlü unutamıyordı:
      — Ne dersin, koca deli. Şu arnavud acep muanid degil mi idi?
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Descendants

  • Turkish: muannid

Further reading

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