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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish حریف (harif, herif, “comrade, colleague; antagonist”), from Arabic حَرِيف (ḥarīf).
Noun
herif (definite accusative herifi, plural herifler)
- (obsolete) comrade, colleague
- (derogatory) A term of contempt for a man.
- (dialect) man, husband
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “herif”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1935
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حریف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 504
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “herif”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حریف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 781
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN