efkâr

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish افكار (efkâr), from Arabic أَفْكَار (ʔafkār), plural of فِكْر (fikr).

Noun

efkâr

1. (archaic) thoughts, ideas
2. worry

Derived terms

• efkârlı
• efkarlanmak

Related terms

• fikir

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “efkâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 244
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “efkâr”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN