tasfiye

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تصفیه (taṣfiye, “a clearing, clarifying a liquid, a purifying from alloy or admixture, a cleaning or polishing, a making the heart or mind free from evil thoughts or intentions”),^[1]^[2] from Arabic تَصْفِيَة (taṣfiya, “clarifying, purifying”), verbal noun of صَفَا (ṣafā, “to be pure, to be clear, to be pure of heart”).^[3]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /tas.fiˈje/
Hyphenation: tas‧fi‧ye

Noun edit

tasfiye (definite accusative tasfiyeyi, plural tasfiyeler)

An act of clarifying, sorting out, refining.
(linguistics) Linguistic purism.
(business) Liquidation of a company's assets after its bankruptcy.
(figuratively) Mass layoffs due to various reasons.

Declension edit

Inflection

Nominative

tasfiye

Definite accusative

tasfiyeyi

Singular

Plural

Nominative

tasfiye

Definite accusative

Dative

Locative

Ablative

Genitive

Possessive forms
Nominative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	tasfiyem	tasfiyelerim
2nd singular	tasfiyen	tasfiyelerin
3rd singular	tasfiyesi	tasfiyeleri
1st plural	tasfiyemiz	tasfiyelerimiz
2nd plural	tasfiyeniz	tasfiyeleriniz
3rd plural	tasfiyeleri	tasfiyeleri
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	tasfiyemi	tasfiyelerimi
2nd singular	tasfiyeni	tasfiyelerini
3rd singular	tasfiyesini	tasfiyelerini
1st plural	tasfiyemizi	tasfiyelerimizi
2nd plural	tasfiyenizi	tasfiyelerinizi
3rd plural	tasfiyelerini	tasfiyelerini
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	tasfiyeme	tasfiyelerime
2nd singular	tasfiyene	tasfiyelerine
3rd singular	tasfiyesine	tasfiyelerine
1st plural	tasfiyemize	tasfiyelerimize
2nd plural	tasfiyenize	tasfiyelerinize
3rd plural	tasfiyelerine	tasfiyelerine
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	tasfiyemde	tasfiyelerimde
2nd singular	tasfiyende	tasfiyelerinde
3rd singular	tasfiyesinde	tasfiyelerinde
1st plural	tasfiyemizde	tasfiyelerimizde
2nd plural	tasfiyenizde	tasfiyelerinizde
3rd plural	tasfiyelerinde	tasfiyelerinde
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	tasfiyemden	tasfiyelerimden
2nd singular	tasfiyenden	tasfiyelerinden
3rd singular	tasfiyesinden	tasfiyelerinden
1st plural	tasfiyemizden	tasfiyelerimizden
2nd plural	tasfiyenizden	tasfiyelerinizden
3rd plural	tasfiyelerinden	tasfiyelerinden
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	tasfiyemin	tasfiyelerimin
2nd singular	tasfiyenin	tasfiyelerinin
3rd singular	tasfiyesinin	tasfiyelerinin
1st plural	tasfiyemizin	tasfiyelerimizin
2nd plural	tasfiyenizin	tasfiyelerinizin
3rd plural	tasfiyelerinin	tasfiyelerinin

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تصفیه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 553
^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تصفیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 375
^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tasfiye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük