ıstılah

See also: istilah

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اصطلاح (ıstılah), from Arabic اِصْطِلَاح (iṣṭilāḥ). Compare Azerbaijani istilah.

Noun

ıstılah (definite accusative ıstılahı, plural ıstılahlar)

1. technical term; idiom
2. a high-flown word

Derived terms

• ıstılahat (Arabic plural)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ıstılah”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اصطلاح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 128
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 504