istikraz

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish استقراض (istikraz), from Arabic اِسْتِقْرَاض (istiqrāḍ), verbal noun of اِسْتَقْرَضَ (istaqraḍa, “to seek or ask to borrow money from”).

Noun

istikraz (definite accusative istikrazı, plural istikrazlar)

1. (archaic) borrowing money; loan

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istikraz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استقراض”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 102
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN