استیضاح

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic اِسْتِيضَاح (istīḍāḥ), verbal noun of اِسْتَوْضَحَ (istawḍaḥa).

Noun

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استیضاح (istizah)

  1. (politics) questioning, demanding an explanation (in Parliament)

Descendants

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  • Turkish: istizah

References

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  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استیضاح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 107
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِيضَاح (istīḍāḥ).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? istīzāh
Dari reading? istīzāh
Iranian reading? estizâh
Tajik reading? istizoh

Noun

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استیضاح (estizâh)

  1. (politics) impeachment

Further reading

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