izzet

See also: izzət and İzzet

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عزت (ızzet, “honor”), from Arabic عزة.

Noun

izzet (definite accusative izzeti, plural izzetler)

1. greatness, glory, supremacy, exaltedness

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “izzet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2285
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “izzet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عزت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1298