ihale

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish احاله (ihale, “to refer or transfer”), from Arabic إِحَالَة (ʔiḥāla), verbal noun of أَحَالَ (ʔaḥāla).

Noun

ihale (definite accusative ihaleyi, plural ihaleler)

1. awarding of a contract to the successful bidder

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ihâle”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 496
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ihale”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN