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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish استخفاف (istiḫfāf, “a deeming, judging, pronouncing, calling (a man or a thing) trifling and of little account, treating them as such, despising, contemning, contempt”),[1][2] from Arabic اِسْتِخْفَاف (istiḵfāf), verbal noun of اِسْتَخَفَّ (istaḵaffa, “to belittle, to take lightly, to flout, to make light of”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /is.tihˈfaːf/
- Hyphenation: is‧tih‧faf
Noun
istihfaf (definite accusative istihfafı, plural istihfaflar)
- (dated) An act of belittling, undermining, scorn, contempt.
- Synonyms: küçümseme, hor görme, hafifseme
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استخفاف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 93
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “استخفاف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 77
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istihfaf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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