peşin

See also: pesin

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پشین (peşin), from Persian پیشین (pišin, “previous”).

Adjective

peşin

1. (business, of money) paid in advance
2. former

Adverb

peşin

1. first, earlier

Related terms

• peşinat (“prepayment”)
• peşinci (“cash customer”)

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “peşin”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3636
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پشین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 323
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “peşin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پشین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 450
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN