زاویه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَاوِيَة (zāwiya, “angle; corner”).

Noun

زاویه • (zâviye) (plural زوایا (zevâyâ))

1. (geometry) angle, a figure formed by two rays which start from a common point

   Synonyms: بوجاق (bucak), كنج (künc), كوشه (köşe)

2. corner, nook, the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point

   Synonyms: بوجاق (bucak), كنج (künc), كوشه (köşe)

3. nook, retreat, a hidden or secluded spot or place affording privacy or security

   Synonym: قارش (karış)

Derived terms

• زاویه حاده (zâviye-i hâdde, “acute angle”)
• زاویه مجسمه (zâviye-i mücesseme, “solid angle”)
• زاویه مستویه (zâviye-i müsteviye, “plane angle”)
• زاویه منفرجه (zâviye-i münferice, “obtuse angle”)
• زاویه‌دار (zâviyedar, “guardian of a retreat”)
• زاویوی (zâviyevi, “angular”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: zaviye
• → Crimean Tatar: zaviye

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zaviye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5441
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zâviye”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1410
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زاویه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 639
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Angulus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 62
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زاویه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, columns 2419-2420
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zaviye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زاویه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1002

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic زَاوِيَة (zāwiya).

Noun

زاویه • (zâviye) (plural زاویه‌ها (zâviye-hâ) or زوایا (zavâyâ))

1. angle, corner

Synonyms

• گوشه (guše)