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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish احتفال (ihtifal), from Arabic اِحْتِفَال (iḥtifāl), verbal noun of اِحْتَفَلَ (iḥtafala, “to celebrate”).
Noun
ihtifal (definite accusative ihtifali, plural ihtifaller) (obsolete)
- celebration; memorial
1940 August 20, “Fikret ihtifali”, in Vakit, page 3:Şair Tevfik Firkretin ölümünün 25 inci yıldönümü münasebetile Eyüp halkevi tarafından büyük ölünün Eyüpteki mezarı başında dün bir ihtifal tertip edilmiştir.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ihtifâl”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 501
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “احتفال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 36
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN