terfi

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ترفیع (terfi), from Arabic تَرْفِيع (tarfīʕ), verbal noun of رَفَعَ (rafaʕa).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ter‧fi

Noun

terfi (definite accusative terfii or terfiyi, plural terfiler)

1. promotion
2. elevation

Declension

Declension of terfi

singular plural nominative terfi terfiler definite accusative terfiyi terfileri dative terfiye terfilere locative terfide terfilerde ablative terfiden terfilerden genitive terfinin terfilerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular terfim terfilerim 2nd singular terfin terfilerin 3rd singular terfisi terfileri 1st plural terfimiz terfilerimiz 2nd plural terfiniz terfileriniz 3rd plural terfileri terfileri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular terfimi terfilerimi 2nd singular terfini terfilerini 3rd singular terfisini terfilerini 1st plural terfimizi terfilerimizi 2nd plural terfinizi terfilerinizi 3rd plural terfilerini terfilerini dative singular plural 1st singular terfime terfilerime 2nd singular terfine terfilerine 3rd singular terfisine terfilerine 1st plural terfimize terfilerimize 2nd plural terfinize terfilerinize 3rd plural terfilerine terfilerine locative singular plural 1st singular terfimde terfilerimde 2nd singular terfinde terfilerinde 3rd singular terfisinde terfilerinde 1st plural terfimizde terfilerimizde 2nd plural terfinizde terfilerinizde 3rd plural terfilerinde terfilerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular terfimden terfilerimden 2nd singular terfinden terfilerinden 3rd singular terfisinden terfilerinden 1st plural terfimizden terfilerimizden 2nd plural terfinizden terfilerinizden 3rd plural terfilerinden terfilerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular terfimin terfilerimin 2nd singular terfinin terfilerinin 3rd singular terfisinin terfilerinin 1st plural terfimizin terfilerimizin 2nd plural terfinizin terfilerinizin 3rd plural terfilerinin terfilerinin

Derived terms

• terfi etmek

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ترفیع”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 363
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “terfi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• “terfi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu