seyrisefain

Turkish

Etymology

Equivalent to seyir +‎ sefine, from Arabic سَيْر (sayr, “traveling”) and سَفِينَة (safīna, “ship”).

Noun

seyrisefain (definite accusative seyrisefaini, uncountable) (archaic)

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References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “seyrisefain”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سیر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1100
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN