nefis

Arabic نَفِيس (nafīs)

nefis

1. exquisite
2. poetic

nefis

1. passion
2. thirst
3. lust, desire

• “nefis”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

From Ottoman Turkish نفیس (“good, precious”), from Arabic نَفِيس (nafīs).

nefis

1. delicious, yummy

   Synonym: lezzetli

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نفیس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1283
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nefis2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نفیس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2095
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

From Ottoman Turkish نفس (nefs, “soul, self”), from Arabic نَفْس (nafs).

nefis (definite accusative nefsi, plural nefisler)

1. self, personality, essence, soul (obsolescing - preserved mainly in religious context and in some compounds also in popular speech)

   nefsine yedirememek ― to find humiliating

   nefsi müdafaa (also as a juristic concept ) ― self-defense

• nüfus

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نفس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1282
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nefis2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نفس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2093
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN