ihtilaç

Turkish

Alternative forms

• ihtilâç

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اختلاج, from Arabic اِخْتِلَاج (iḵtilāj).

Noun

ihtilaç (definite accusative ihtilâcı, plural ihtilaçlar)

1. (obsolete) pulling with violence
2. (archaic) agitation
3. (physiology) convulsion

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ihtilaç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اختلاج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 43
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN