nafaka
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nafaka (n class, plural nafaka)
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نفقه (nafaka),[1][2][3] from Arabic نَفَقَة (nafaqa).[4]
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nafaka (definite accusative nafakayı, plural nafakalar)
- All that is needed for one to get by; subsistence.
- (law) alimony (court-mandated allowance made to dependant(s))
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- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نفقه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2094
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نفقه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1282
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “نفقه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1467
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nafaka”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “nafaka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nafaka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3474