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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish استقرار (istiḳrār, “a being or becoming fixed or established, a settling”),[1][2] from Arabic اِسْتِقْرَار (istiqrār, “confirmation, ratification, settling down”), verbal noun of اِسْتَقَرَّ (istaqarra, “to be invariable, to normalize, to be fixed, to take up residence, to abide”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /is.ticˈɾaɾ/, (definite accusative) /is.ticˈɾaːɾɯ/
- Hyphenation: is‧tik‧rar
Noun
istikrar (definite accusative istikrarı, plural istikrarlar)
- Keeping a fixed speed, degree etc; consistency, stabilization.
- Synonyms: kararlılık, stabilizasyon
- (dated, poetic) Settling down.
- (economy) stabilization, balance
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استقرار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 102
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “استقرار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 84
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istikrar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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