lüzum

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish لزوم (lüzum), from Arabic لُزُوم (luzūm).

Noun

lüzum (definite accusative lüzumu, plural lüzumlar)

1. necessity, need

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lüzum”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لزوم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1631
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN