istifa

See also: ıstıfa

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish استعفا, from Arabic اِسْتِعْفَاء (istiʕfāʔ), verbal noun of اِسْتَعْفَى (istaʕfā).

Noun

istifa (definite accusative istifayı, plural istifalar)

  1. resignation

Derived terms

  • istifa etmek

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istifa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استعفا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 99
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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