hüviyet
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish هویت (hüviyet), from Arabic هُوِيَّة (huwiyya, “identity”). The semantic shift from the philosophical to the bureaucratic sense of identity dates from the late 19th century.
Noun[edit]
hüviyet (definite accusative hüviyeti, plural hüviyetler)
- ID card
- Synonym: kimlik kartı
References[edit]
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hüviyet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “هویت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2174