ıstılah

See also: istilah

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اصطلاح (ıstılah), from Arabic اِصْطِلَاح (iṣṭilāḥ). Compare Azerbaijani istilah.

Noun

ıstılah (definite accusative ıstılahı, plural ıstılahlar)

  1. technical term; idiom
  2. a high-flown word

Derived terms
  • ıstılahat (Arabic plural)

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ıstılah”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اصطلاح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 128
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 504
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