takviye

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish تقویه (takviye), from Arabic تَقْوِيَة (taqwiya), verbal noun of قَوَّى (qawwā). Ottoman Turkish also borrowed the alternative pronunciation تقویت (takviyet), but that form is obsolete.

Noun

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takviye (definite accusative takviyeyi, plural takviyeler) (archaic)

  1. strengthening, reinforcement

Derived terms

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References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “takviye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تقویه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 579
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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