tahrik

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تحریك (taḥrik, “a moving, causing to move or vibrate, inciting, impelling, instigating, a medicine's moving the bowels”), from Arabic تَحْرِيك (taḥrīk), verbal noun of حَرَّكَ (ḥarraka, “to move, to put in motion, to activate”). Cognates with Azerbaijani təhrik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tahˈɾic/, (definite accusative) /tah.ɾiːˈci/
• Hyphenation: tah‧rik

Noun

tahrik (definite accusative tahriki, plural tahrikler or (dated) tahrikât)

1. An act of arousing sexual desire; excitation, stimulation.
2. An act of inciting someone into doing something sinister; sedition, provocation, instigation.
3. (obsolete) An act of putting into motion, setting off on the road.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	tahrik
Definite accusative	tahriki
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tahrik	tahrikler
Definite accusative	tahriki	tahrikleri
Dative	tahrike	tahriklere
Locative	tahrikte	tahriklerde
Ablative	tahrikten	tahriklerden
Genitive	tahrikin	tahriklerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular tahrikim tahriklerim 2nd singular tahrikin tahriklerin 3rd singular tahriki tahrikleri 1st plural tahrikimiz tahriklerimiz 2nd plural tahrikiniz tahrikleriniz 3rd plural tahrikleri tahrikleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular tahrikimi tahriklerimi 2nd singular tahrikini tahriklerini 3rd singular tahrikini tahriklerini 1st plural tahrikimizi tahriklerimizi 2nd plural tahrikinizi tahriklerinizi 3rd plural tahriklerini tahriklerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular tahrikime tahriklerime 2nd singular tahrikine tahriklerine 3rd singular tahrikine tahriklerine 1st plural tahrikimize tahriklerimize 2nd plural tahrikinize tahriklerinize 3rd plural tahriklerine tahriklerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular tahrikimde tahriklerimde 2nd singular tahrikinde tahriklerinde 3rd singular tahrikinde tahriklerinde 1st plural tahrikimizde tahriklerimizde 2nd plural tahrikinizde tahriklerinizde 3rd plural tahriklerinde tahriklerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular tahrikimden tahriklerimden 2nd singular tahrikinden tahriklerinden 3rd singular tahrikinden tahriklerinden 1st plural tahrikimizden tahriklerimizden 2nd plural tahrikinizden tahriklerinizden 3rd plural tahriklerinden tahriklerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular tahrikimin tahriklerimin 2nd singular tahrikinin tahriklerinin 3rd singular tahrikinin tahriklerinin 1st plural tahrikimizin tahriklerimizin 2nd plural tahrikinizin tahriklerinizin 3rd plural tahriklerinin tahriklerinin

Derived terms

• tahrik etmek
• tahrik olmak
• tahrikât
• tahrikçi

 

Related terms

• harekât
• hareke
• hareket
• muharrik
• müteharrik

 

Further reading

• “tahrik”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tahrik”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4540