hüsnüniyet
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish حسن نیت, from Persian حسن نیت (hosn-e niyyat), from Arabic حُسْن (ḥusn) and نِيَّة (niyya), equivalent to hüsün + niyet.
Noun
[edit]hüsnüniyet (definite accusative hüsnüniyeti, plural hüsnüniyetler)
- good faith, good intentions
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hüsnüniyet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2023
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hüsn”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN