ihtisas
Turkish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اختصاص (iḫtiṣāṣ, “a being or becoming special and peculiar, being specially and devotedly attached (to a person), special attachment, exclusive devotion”),[1] from Arabic اِخْتِصَاص (iḵtiṣāṣ), verbal noun of خَصَّ (ḵaṣṣa, “to single out, to distinguish, to be characteristic for, to be peculiar for”).[2]
Noun edit
ihtisas (definite accusative ihtisası, plural ihtisaslar)
- The act of specializing in a field of study, acquiring mastery, specialization.
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Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish احتساس (iḥtisās, “sensation”),[3] from Arabic اِحْتِسَاس (iḥtisās), verbal noun of حَسَّ (ḥassa, “to be moved with compassion, to feel, to have sensation”).
Noun edit
ihtisas (definite accusative ihtisası, plural ihtisaslar)
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References edit
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اختصاص”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 42
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ihtisas”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “احتساس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 55
Further reading edit
- “ihtisas”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ihtisas”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2116