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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish محو (maḥv, “a causing not to exist, an annihilating”),[1][2] from Arabic مَحْو (maḥw) verbal noun of مَحَا (maḥā, “to erase, to destroy”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈhɯv/
- Hyphenation: ma‧hıv
Noun
mahıv (definite accusative mahvı, plural mahıvlar)
- (obsolete by itself except poetic) destruction, annihilation, ruin, downfall or being destroyed, annihilated
2013, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter 27, in Roza Hakmen, transl., La Mancha'lı Yaratıcı Asilzade Don Quijote, volume 1, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, →ISBN, page 237:O dönekliğiyle benim mahvımı sabitleştirmek istedi; ben mahvolmaya çalışarak onun arzusunu yerine getirmek isteyeceğim.- She wanted to fulfill my destruction by her fickleness; I will fulfill her wish by striving to be destroyed.
- (Islam, Sufism) Being freed from mortal imperfections and weaknesses.
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1768
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “محو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1132
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahv”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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