Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish لزوم (lüzum), from Arabic لُزُوم (luzūm).

Noun edit

lüzum (definite accusative lüzumu, plural lüzumlar)

  1. necessity, need

References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lüzum”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لزوم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1631
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN