ihtikâr

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish احتكار (“to hoard, monopolize, corner the market”), from Arabic اِحْتِكَار (iḥtikār), verbal noun of اِحْتَكَرَ (iḥtakara, “to monopolize”).

Noun

ihtikâr (definite accusative ihtikârı, plural ihtikârlar) (archaic)

  1. profiteering
  2. hoarding

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ihtikâr”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “احتكار”, 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
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