رخصت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُخْصَة (ruḵṣa, “permission, concession”).

Noun

رخصت • (ruhsat) (definite accusative رخصتی (ruhsatı), plural رخصات (ruhsat))

1. permission, authorization, granting, concession, a formal consent from someone in authority

   Synonyms: اجازت (icazet), اذن (izn, izin), دستور (düstur), مساعده (müsâʼade)

2. leave of absence, furlough, a period of time during which a person is absent from work

Derived terms

• رخصت ویرمك (ruhsat virmek, “to give leave”)
• رخصتنامه (ruhsatname, “credentials of an agent”)
• رخصتیه (ruhsatiye, “licence duty”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: ruhsat
• → Crimean Tatar: ruhset

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ruhsat1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3981
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ruhsat”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1077
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “رخصت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 618
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Licentia”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 948
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “رخصت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2297
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ruhsat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “رخصت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 969

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُخْصَة (ruḵṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾux.sat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rʊx.sät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rʊx.sät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rʊx.sät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rux.sät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹox.sæt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾuχ.sät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	ruxsat
Dari reading?	ruxsat
Iranian reading?	roxsat
Tajik reading?	ruxsat

Noun

رُخْصَت • (roxsat)

1. permission

Interjection

رُخْصَت • (roxsat)

1. used by a zurkhaneh or traditional Persian wrestling athlete prior to combat in order to show respect to the mentors or former athletes; the affirmitive reply is فرصت (forsat), given by the morshed or the mentor

Descendants

• → Armenian: ռուխսաթ (ṙuxsatʻ)
• → Azerbaijani: rüxsət
• → Bashkir: рөхсәт (röxsət)
• → Gujarati: રુખસત (rukhsat)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: रुख़सत (ruxsat)

  Urdu: رُخْصَت (ruxsat)

• → Marwari: रुखसत (rukhsat)
• → Middle Georgian: რუხსათი (ruxsati)
• → Nepali: रुखसत (rukhasat)
• → Punjabi: ruxsat

  Gurmukhi script: ਰੁਖ਼ਸਤ

  Shahmukhi script: رُخصَت

• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: رُخْصَتُ

  Devanagari script: रुख्सत

References

• اصطلاح شناسی زورخانه Zurkhaneh terminology