Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish نصف (nısf, nısıf), from Arabic نِصْف (niṣf).

Noun

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nısıf (definite accusative nısfı, plural nısıflar) (archaic)

  1. half

References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nısıf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نصف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2085
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 884