terfi

Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

terfi (definite accusative terfii or terfiyi, plural terfiler)

1. promotion
2. elevation

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