تحلیف

See also: تحليف

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic تَحْلِيف (taḥlīf), verbal noun of حَلَّفَ (ḥallafa).

Noun

تحلیف • (tahlif)

1. causing to swear an oath
   • 1926 April 7, “یكی استانبول مبعوثی [Two Istanbul deputies]”, in Hakimiyet-i Milliye:

     كبی استانبول مبعوثی احسان پاشا تحلیف ایدیلدی

     Gibi İstanbul mebusu Ehsan Paşa tahlif edildi

     Ehsan Pasha sworn in as Istanbul deputy

Descendants

• Turkish: tahlif

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “tahlif”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN