refakat
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رفاقت (refāḳat, “an accompanying another on a journey, companionship”),[1][2] from Arabic رَفَاقَة (rafāqa), verbal noun of رَفُقَ (rafuqa, “to be a companion”).[3]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
refakat (definite accusative refakati, plural refakatler)
- An act of accompanying, companionship.
- Synonym: arkadaşlık etme
- (music) An act of performing a duet.
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References edit
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “رفاقت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 981
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “رفاقت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 625
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “refakat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “refakat”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “refakat”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3948