tevekkeli

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish توكللی (tevekküllü, tevekkeli) or توكلی (tevekkeli, “(originally) In reliance on God; trusting to chance, haphazardly”), from Arabic تَوَكُّل (tawakkul), verbal noun of تَوَكَّلَ (tawakkala, “to rely on, to trust entirely in, especially God”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /teˈvec.ce.li/, /te.vec.ceˈli/ Hyphenation: te‧vek‧ke‧li === Adverb === tevekkeli(archaic, dated, literary) in vain, pointlessly, to no purpose, for no good reason Synonyms: boşuna, boşu boşuna, boş yere, yok yere, beyhude, nafile ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “tevekkeli”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “tevekkeli”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4784