sayfiye

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صیفیه (sayfiye), a pseudo-Arabic formation from Arabic صَيْف (ṣayf, “summer”).

Noun

sayfiye (definite accusative sayfiyeyi, plural sayfiyeler)

1. summer house; country house; cottage

   Synonym: yazlık

Derived terms

• sayfiyelik

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “sayfiyye”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1107
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صیفیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 779
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sayfiye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN