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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish صیفیه (sayfiye), a pseudo-Arabic formation from Arabic صَيْف (ṣayf, “summer”).
Noun
sayfiye (definite accusative sayfiyeyi, plural sayfiyeler)
- summer house; country house; cottage
- Synonym: yazlık
Derived terms
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “sayfiyye”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1107
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صیفیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 779
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sayfiye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN