زاویه
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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic زَاوِيَة (zāwiya, “angle; corner”).
Noun
زاویه • (zâviye) (plural زوایا (zevâyâ))
- (geometry) angle, a figure formed by two rays which start from a common point
- corner, nook, the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point
- nook, retreat, a hidden or secluded spot or place affording privacy or security
- Synonym: قارش (karış)
Derived terms
- زاویه حاده (zâviye-i hâdde, “acute angle”)
- زاویه مجسمه (zâviye-i mücesseme, “solid angle”)
- زاویه مستویه (zâviye-i müsteviye, “plane angle”)
- زاویه منفرجه (zâviye-i münferice, “obtuse angle”)
- زاویهدار (zâviyedar, “guardian of a retreat”)
- زاویوی (zâviyevi, “angular”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zaviye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5441
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zâviye”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1410
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زاویه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 639
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Angulus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 62
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زاویه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 2419-2420
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zaviye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زاویه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1002
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic زَاوِيَة (zāwiya).
Noun
زاویه • (zâviye) (plural زاویهها (zâviye-hâ) or زوایا (zavâyâ))