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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic جِهَة (jiha).
Noun
جهت • (cihet)
- side, direction
- aspect, point of view
- (religion, law) post in a religious foundation
Descendants
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “cihet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جهت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 452b
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جِهَة (jiha).
Pronunciation
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jihat
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jehat
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jehat
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jihat
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Noun
جهت • (jehat) (plural جهات (jehât))
- side; direction
- Synonyms: سو (su), طرف (taraf)
- cause; reason
- Synonyms: دلیل (dalil), سبب (sabab), علت (elat)
- aspect; point of view; respect
- Synonym: نظر (nazar)
Preposition
جهت • (jehat-e)
- (with ezâfe) for, for the sake of; short for از جهتِ (az jehat-e, “for the sake of”) or به جهتِ (be jehat-e, “for the sake of”).
c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]:بر جانب جنوب میناست، و بیشتر شهرهای ساحل را میناست و آن چیزیست که جهت محافظت کشتیها ساختهاند، مانند اسطبل که پشت بر شهرستان دارد و دیوارها بر لب آب دریا درآمده.- bar jānib-i junūb mīnā-st, u bēštar-i šahr-hā-yi sāhil rā ān čīzē-st ki jihat-i muhāfazat-i kišti-hā sāxta-and, mānand-i istabl ki pušt-i šahristān dārad u dēwār-hā bar lab-i āb-i daryā darāmada.
- To the south, there is a mīnāʾ . Most of the coastal cities have this thing , which is built for the sake of safeguarding ships like a stable , behind the city; its walls touch upon the shores of the ocean.