ihale
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish احاله (ihale, “to refer or transfer”), from Arabic إِحَالَة (ʔiḥāla), verbal noun of أَحَالَ (ʔaḥāla).
Noun edit
ihale (definite accusative ihaleyi, plural ihaleler)
- awarding of a contract to the successful bidder
References edit
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ihâle”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 496
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ihale”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN