sefer

Borrowed from Hebrew סֵפֶר.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛfɛɹ/, /ˈseɪfɛɹ/

sefer (plural sefarim)

1. (Jewish) A book, especially a religious book.
   • 2005 July 22, in...@rambam.biz, “Moshe's new sig”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Umm, can you tell me the name of the sefer of Rav Nachman's where he wrote this, and where I can get it ? And how the quote originally goes in Hebrew or Yiddish or Russian or whatever language he wrote in ?

   • 2006 April 27, bac...@vms.huji.ac.il, “Spilling out drops of wine at the Seder”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated‎^[2] (Usenet):

     and I'm not referring to Rabbi Sally or Rabbi Suzy from the non-O clergy, or for that matter Rabbi Murray or Rabbi Irving from the O clergy, or even from some naarishkeit written from Aish haTorah or Artscroll; but to a recognized Posek who has authored "sefarim"

   • 2009 July 22, Micha Berger, “Netanyahu bows down”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Since R' Shlomo Wolbe spent more years speaking Hebrew than did Josh and wrote several sepharim in that language, I take it for granted he didn't make a grevious^[sic] grammatical error.

• syfer, sifer

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سفر (sefer).^[1]

sefér m (plural seféra, definite seféri, definite plural seférat)

1. (dated, military) campaign, war
2. journey

sefer

1. times, turn.

   bir sefer = one turn, once.

• kere
• defa

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[4], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

From Arabic سفر.

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈfɛɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɛɾ

sefer f (Arabic spelling سەفەر)

1. trip, journey, travel
2. battle, war, fight

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “sefer”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[5], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 533

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سفر (sefer), from Arabic سَفَر (safar). Doublet of safari.

sefer n (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) military campaign

• sefer in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

From Ottoman Turkish سفر (sefer), from Arabic سَفَر (safar). Doublet of safari.

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: se‧fer

sefer (definite accusative seferi, plural seferler)

1. journey, trip
   • 1937 November 13, headline in Cumhuriyet page 3:

     Şişli - Fatih otobüs seferlerine başlanıyor

     Şişli - Fatih bus service starts

2. expedition
3. (military) campaign

• sefercik
• seferî
• seyrüsefer

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sefer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN