takviye

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تقویه (takviye), from Arabic تَقْوِيَة (taqwiya), verbal noun of قَوَّى (qawwā). Ottoman Turkish also borrowed the alternative pronunciation تقویت (takviyet), but that form is obsolete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak.viˈje/

Noun

takviye (definite accusative takviyeyi, plural takviyeler)

1. (archaic) strengthening, reinforcement
2. dietary supplement

Derived terms

• takviyeli

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “takviye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “تقویه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 579
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN