ittihaz

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اتخاذ, from Arabic اِتِّخَاذ (ittiḵāḏ), verbal noun of اِتَّخَذَ (ittaḵaḏa, “to take, assume, adopt”).

Noun

ittihaz (definite accusative ittihazı, plural ittihazlar) (archaic)

1. taking for oneself, procuring
2. adopting (a proposal)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ittihaz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اتخاذ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 18
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN