istimal

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish استعمال (isti'mal), from Arabic اِسْتِعْمَال (istiʕmāl).

Noun

istimal (definite accusative istimali, plural istimaller)

1. use

Synonyms

• kullanma

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istimal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استعمال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 100