evsaf
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوصاف (evṣāf, “qualities, properties, attributes, adjectives”),[1] plural of وصف (vaṣf, “a quality”), from Arabic وَصْف (waṣf, “description, quality, virtue”), verbal noun of وَصَفَ (waṣafa, “to describe, to depict”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
evsaf (definite accusative evsafı, uncountable)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوصاف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 255
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “evsaf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “evsaf”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “evsaf”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1522