Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Pseudo-Arabism, derived from ش ف ي (š f y).

Noun

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تشفیه (teşfiye)

  1. treating, curing, healing

Further reading

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  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “teşfiye”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تشفیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 372b