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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شیفره (şifre), from French chiffre, from Latin cifra, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr). Doublet of sıfır.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃif.ɾe/
- Hyphenation: şif‧re
Noun
şifre (definite accusative şifreyi, plural şifreler)
- code, cipher
- password
- Synonym: parola
Derived terms
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şifre”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Further reading
- “şifre”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu