istifa

See also: ıstıfa

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish استعفا, from Arabic اِسْتِعْفَاء (istiʕfāʔ), verbal noun of اِسْتَعْفَى (istaʕfā).

Noun

istifa (definite accusative istifayı, plural istifalar)

1. resignation

Derived terms

• istifa etmek

Related terms

• istifaname

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istifa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استعفا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 99
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN