teyit

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تأیید (teyid, “corroborating; supporting”), from Arabic تَأْيِيد (taʔyīd), verbal noun of أَيَّدَ (ʔayyada, “to support, endorse, substantiate”).

Noun

teyit (definite accusative teyidi, plural teyitler)

1. confirming, corroborating; confirmation, corroboration
   • 1940 June 19, “Churchill dün mühim bir nutuk söyledi [Churchill gave an important speech yesterday]”, in Tasviri Efkâr, Istanbul:

     Fransanın mütareke teklifi münasebetile söz alan Başvekil zafere olan itimadını teyit etti.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (archaic) supporting; support

Related terms

• müeyyide

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تأیید”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 339
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “teyit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تأیید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 498
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN