mertebe

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مرتبه (mertebe, “a step, stair, a point of degree, rank, grade”),^[1] from Arabic مَرْتَبَة (martaba, “step, rank, degree”), verbal noun of رَتَبَ (rataba, “to be firm, to stand unmoved”).^[2]

• IPA^(key): /meɾ.teˈbe/
• Hyphenation: mer‧te‧be

mertebe (definite accusative mertebeyi, plural mertebeler)

1. A step, grade, degree.

   Synonyms: aşama, derece, basamak

2. A rank, position.

   Synonym: rütbe

3. A phase, stage.

   Synonyms: evre, safha

• “mertebe”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mertebe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3158

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْتَبَة (martaba)

• Hyphenation: mer‧te‧be

mertebe (definite accusative mertebäni, plural mertebeler)

1. dignity, merit, virtue
2. rank, position