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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تحریك (taḥrik, “a moving, causing to move or vibrate, inciting, impelling, instigating, a medicine's moving the bowels”),[1][2] from Arabic تَحْرِيك (taḥrīk), verbal noun of حَرَّكَ (ḥarraka, “to move, to put in motion, to activate”).[3] Cognates with Azerbaijani təhrik.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tahˈɾic/, (definite accusative) /tah.ɾiːˈci/
- Hyphenation: tah‧rik
Noun
tahrik (definite accusative tahriki, plural tahrikler or (dated) tahrikât)
- An act of arousing sexual desire; excitation, stimulation.
- An act of inciting someone into doing something sinister; sedition, provocation, instigation.
- (obsolete) An act of putting into motion, setting off on the road.
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تحریك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 506
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تحریك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 349
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tahrik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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