teyit

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تأیید (teʼyid, corroborating; supporting), from Arabic تَأْيِيد (taʔyīd), verbal noun of أَيَّدَ (ʔayyada, to support, endorse, substantiate).

Noun

teyit (definite accusative teyidi, plural teyitler)

  1. confirming, corroborating; confirmation, corroboration
    • 1940 June 19, “Churchill dün mühim bir nutuk söyledi [Churchill gave an important speech yesterday]”, in Tasviri Efkâr, Istanbul:
      Fransanın mütareke teklifi münasebetile söz alan Başvekil zafere olan itimadını teyit etti.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (archaic) supporting; support

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تأیید”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 339
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “teyit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تأیید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 498
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN