ziraat
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish زراعت (zira'at), from Arabic زِرَاعَة (zirāʕa).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /zi.ɾaˈat/
- Hyphenation: zi‧ra‧at
- Some younger speakers may palatalize the [t] to [tʲ], as in saat, which is proscribed.
Noun
[edit]ziraat (definite accusative ziraatı, plural ziraatlar)
- (now dated) agriculture
- Synonym: tarım
Usage notes
[edit]ziraat is now primarily used to refer to the scientific field of study instead of tarım, which has more general usage.
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ziraat”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “ziraat”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ziraat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük