vazaif

Turkish

Alternative forms

• vezaif

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish وظائف, from Arabic وَظَائِف (waẓāʔif), plural of وَظِيفَة (waẓīfa).

Noun

vazaif (definite accusative vazaifi) (obsolete)

1. Arabic plural of vazife

   Synonym: vazifeler

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “vazâif”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1370
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN