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Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ih.tiˈsas/, (definite accusative) /ih.tiˈsaːsɯ/
- Hyphenation: ih‧ti‧sas
Etymology 1
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اختصاص (iḫtiṣāṣ, “a being or becoming special and peculiar, being specially and devotedly attached (to a person), special attachment, exclusive devotion”),[1] from Arabic اِخْتِصَاص (iḵtiṣāṣ), verbal noun of خَصَّ (ḵaṣṣa, “to single out, to distinguish, to be characteristic for, to be peculiar for”).[2]
Noun
ihtisas (definite accusative ihtisası, plural ihtisaslar)
- The act of specializing in a field of study, acquiring mastery, specialization.
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish احتساس (iḥtisās, “sensation”),[3] from Arabic اِحْتِسَاس (iḥtisās), verbal noun of حَسَّ (ḥassa, “to be moved with compassion, to feel, to have sensation”).
Noun
ihtisas (definite accusative ihtisası, plural ihtisaslar)
- (archaic) Sentiment, sensation, feeling.
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اختصاص”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 42
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ihtisas”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “احتساس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 55
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