tasfiye

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تصفیه (taṣfiye, a clearing, clarifying a liquid, a purifying from alloy or admixture, a cleaning or polishing, a making the heart or mind free from evil thoughts or intentions),[1][2] from Arabic تَصْفِيَة (taṣfiya, clarifying, purifying), verbal noun of صَفَا (ṣafā, to be pure, to be clear, to be pure of heart).[3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tas.fiˈje/
  • Hyphenation: tas‧fi‧ye

Noun

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tasfiye (definite accusative tasfiyeyi, plural tasfiyeler)

  1. An act of clarifying, sorting out, refining.
  2. (linguistics) Linguistic purism.
  3. (business) Liquidation of a company's assets after its bankruptcy.
  4. (figuratively) Mass layoffs due to various reasons.

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative tasfiye
Definite accusative tasfiyeyi
Singular Plural
Nominative tasfiye tasfiyeler
Definite accusative tasfiyeyi tasfiyeleri
Dative tasfiyeye tasfiyelere
Locative tasfiyede tasfiyelerde
Ablative tasfiyeden tasfiyelerden
Genitive tasfiyenin tasfiyelerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular tasfiyem tasfiyelerim
2nd singular tasfiyen tasfiyelerin
3rd singular tasfiyesi tasfiyeleri
1st plural tasfiyemiz tasfiyelerimiz
2nd plural tasfiyeniz tasfiyeleriniz
3rd plural tasfiyeleri tasfiyeleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular tasfiyemi tasfiyelerimi
2nd singular tasfiyeni tasfiyelerini
3rd singular tasfiyesini tasfiyelerini
1st plural tasfiyemizi tasfiyelerimizi
2nd plural tasfiyenizi tasfiyelerinizi
3rd plural tasfiyelerini tasfiyelerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular tasfiyeme tasfiyelerime
2nd singular tasfiyene tasfiyelerine
3rd singular tasfiyesine tasfiyelerine
1st plural tasfiyemize tasfiyelerimize
2nd plural tasfiyenize tasfiyelerinize
3rd plural tasfiyelerine tasfiyelerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular tasfiyemde tasfiyelerimde
2nd singular tasfiyende tasfiyelerinde
3rd singular tasfiyesinde tasfiyelerinde
1st plural tasfiyemizde tasfiyelerimizde
2nd plural tasfiyenizde tasfiyelerinizde
3rd plural tasfiyelerinde tasfiyelerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular tasfiyemden tasfiyelerimden
2nd singular tasfiyenden tasfiyelerinden
3rd singular tasfiyesinden tasfiyelerinden
1st plural tasfiyemizden tasfiyelerimizden
2nd plural tasfiyenizden tasfiyelerinizden
3rd plural tasfiyelerinden tasfiyelerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular tasfiyemin tasfiyelerimin
2nd singular tasfiyenin tasfiyelerinin
3rd singular tasfiyesinin tasfiyelerinin
1st plural tasfiyemizin tasfiyelerimizin
2nd plural tasfiyenizin tasfiyelerinizin
3rd plural tasfiyelerinin tasfiyelerinin

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تصفیه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 553
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تصفیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 375
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tasfiye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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