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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic نَفَقَة (nafaqa).
Noun
نفقه • (nafaka) (plural نفقات (nafakat))
- expence made for sustenance, livelihood
- (law) allowance given as support, maintenance, especially for a wife or widow
Descendants
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nafaka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3474b
- Seydi, Ali (1912) “نَفَقَه”, in رسملی قاموس عثمانی (in Ottoman Turkish), page 1061b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نفقه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1282b
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نفقه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2094b