istifade

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish استفاده (istifade), from Arabic اِسْتِفَادَة (istifāda), verbal noun of اِسْتَفَادَ (istafāda, to earn, acquire, avail). Compare Azerbaijani istifadə.

Noun[edit]

istifade (definite accusative istifadeyi, plural istifadeler)

  1. benefiting, profiting, gaining
  2. benefit, profit, gain

References[edit]

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istifade”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استفاده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 101
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN