Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French chiffre, from Latin cifra, ultimately from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr). Doublet of صفر.

Noun

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شیفره (şifre)

  1. code, cipher

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: şifre

References

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  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شفره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 729
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şifre”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN