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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مناقصه (münakasa), from Arabic مُنَاقَصَة (munāqaṣa), verbal noun of نَاقَصَ (nāqaṣa, “to invite bids”).
Noun
münakasa (definite accusative münakasayı, plural münakasalar)
- to invite bids, to put out to tender
- Synonym: eskiltme
1939 February 14, “Aydın As. Sa. Al. Komisyonundan [From the Aydin military procurement commission]”, in Aydin, page 4:Alayın dört aylık 7700 kilo pırasa, 1300 kilo lahna, 8700 kilo ispanak, 1000 kilo karnıbahar münakasaya çıkarılmıştır. İhalesi 15/Şubat 939 çarşamba günü saat 15 de yapılacağından taliplerinin askerî satın alma komisyonuna 98 liralık muvakkat teminatile birlikte müraccat etmeleri ilân olunur.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “münâkasa”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 865
- Wehr, Hans (1960) “نقص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz