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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ذوقوصفا, from Arabic ذَوْق وَ صَفَاء (ḏawq wa ṣafāʔ).
Noun
zevküsefa (definite accusative zevküsefayı, plural zevküsefalar)
- pleasure, enjoyment
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zevkusefa”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5463
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ذوق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 608
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zevk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ذوق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 951
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN