cihet

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جهت (cihet), from Arabic جِهَة (jiha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈhet/
• Hyphenation: ci‧het

Noun

cihet (definite accusative ciheti, plural cihetler)

1. side, direction
2. aspect, point of view
3. (religion, law) post in a religious foundation

Related terms

• cihat
• tevcih
• teveccüh
• vecih

 

Further reading

• “cihet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cihet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 815
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN