istifade
See also: istifadə
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish استفاده (istifade), from Arabic اِسْتِفَادَة (istifāda), verbal noun of اِسْتَفَادَ (istafāda, “to earn, acquire, avail”). Compare Azerbaijani istifadə.
Noun edit
istifade (definite accusative istifadeyi, plural istifadeler)
- benefiting, profiting, gaining
- benefit, profit, gain
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istifade”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استفاده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 101
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN