ehil

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اهل (ehl), from Arabic أَهْل (ʔahl), from Proto-Semitic *ʔahl-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈhil/
• Hyphenation: e‧hil

Noun

ehil (definite accusative ehli, plural ehiller)

1. expert, a competent person [with genitive ‘in something’]
2. spouse

   Synonym: eş

3. (archaic) member

Declension

Declension of ehil

	singular	plural
nominative	ehil	ehiller
definite accusative	ehli	ehilleri
dative	ehle	ehillere
locative	ehilde	ehillerde
ablative	ehilden	ehillerden
genitive	ehlin	ehillerin

Derived terms

• ehil olmak
• ehlibeyit
• ehlidil
• ehlihibre
• ehlikeyif
• ehlikitap
• ehlisalip
• ehlisünnet
• ehlivukuf
• ehlizevk
• ırz ehli
• keyif ehli
• kitap ehli
• söz ehli
• sünnet ehli
• tevhit ehli
• zevk ehli

Related terms

• ahali
• ehlî
• ehliyet
• teehhül

Further reading

• “ehil”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ehil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ehil¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1385b