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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تصفیه (taṣfiye, “a clearing, clarifying a liquid, a purifying from alloy or admixture, a cleaning or polishing, a making the heart or mind free from evil thoughts or intentions”),[1][2] from Arabic تَصْفِيَة (taṣfiya, “clarifying, purifying”), verbal noun of صَفَا (ṣafā, “to be pure, to be clear, to be pure of heart”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tas.fiˈje/
- Hyphenation: tas‧fi‧ye
Noun
tasfiye (definite accusative tasfiyeyi, plural tasfiyeler)
- An act of clarifying, sorting out, refining.
- (linguistics) Linguistic purism.
- (business) Liquidation of a company's assets after its bankruptcy.
- (figuratively) Mass layoffs due to various reasons.
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تصفیه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 553
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تصفیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 375
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tasfiye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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