terfi

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

terfi (definite accusative terfii or terfiyi, plural terfiler)

  1. promotion
  2. elevation

References[edit]

  • 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
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