nefis

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Arabic نَفِيس (nafīs)

Adjective

nefis

1. exquisite
2. poetic

Noun

nefis

1. passion
2. thirst
3. lust, desire

Declension

Declension of nefis

	singular	plural
nominative	nefis	nefisler
genitive	nefisniñ	nefislerniñ
dative	nefiske	nefislerge
accusative	nefisni	nefislerni
locative	nefiste	nefislerde
ablative	nefisten	nefislerden

References

• “nefis”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish نفیس (“good, precious”), from Arabic نَفِيس (nafīs).

Adjective

nefis

1. delicious, yummy

   Synonym: lezzetli

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نفیس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1283
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nefis2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نفیس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2095
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish نفس (nefs, “soul, self”), from Arabic نَفْس (nafs).

Noun

nefis (definite accusative nefsi, plural nefisler)

1. self, personality, essence, soul (obsolescing - preserved mainly in religious context and in some compounds also in popular speech)

   nefsine yedirememek ― to find humiliating

   nefsi müdafaa (also as a juristic concept ) ― self-defense

Related terms

• nüfus

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نفس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1282
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nefis2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نفس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2093
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN