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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish جهت (cihet),[1] from Arabic جِهَة (jiha).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈhet/
- Hyphenation: ci‧het
Noun
cihet (definite accusative ciheti, plural cihetler)
- side, direction
- aspect, point of view
- (religion, law) post in a religious foundation
References
Further reading
- “cihet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cihet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 815
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN