Mevcudat

Mevcudat is the plural form of mevcud, a Turkish adjective meaning "existing" or "in existence." In philosophical and theological contexts, mevcudat denotes the collective of all that has being—the existent things or beings that constitute reality.

Etymology and usage: the term derives from Arabic mawjūd (existent), adapted into Turkish as mevcud, with the plural form mevcudat. It is used in Turkish and Persianate literary and academic traditions to discuss the broad domain of existence, including physical objects, living beings, ideas, events, and other entities.

In philosophy, especially in Islamic and related philosophical discourse, mevcudat serves as a key category for ontology—the study of what exists and how existence is manifested. Scholars use the term to consider the range of beings, their modes of existence, and their relationships to causation, time, and creation. The concept commonly intersects with discussions of necessary existence and contingency, as well as questions about how different beings come into being and persist.

Modern usage in Turkish extends to academic and everyday language where mevcudat can refer to entities under consideration in scientific, legal, or rational inquiry. As a general, neutral label, it encompasses objects and phenomena within a given framework or field of study.

See also: ontology, existence, wujud, mawjūdāt.