ıstılah

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See also: istilah

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish اصطلاح (ıstılah), from Arabic اِصْطِلَاح (iṣṭilāḥ). Compare Azerbaijani istilah.

Noun

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ıstılah (definite accusative ıstılahı, plural ıstılahlar)

  1. technical term; idiom
  2. a high-flown word

Derived terms

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References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ıstılah”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اصطلاح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 128
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 504