nispet
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish نسبت (nisbet, nispet, “a relationship, relation, ratio, proportion, spite, spiteful or defiant act”),[1] from Arabic نِسْبَة (nisba, “relationship, affiliation, connection, relation”), verbal noun of نَسَبَ (nasaba).[2] Cognates with Azerbaijani nisbət, Bashkir нисбәт (nisbət), Uzbek nisbat.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnispet (definite accusative nispeti, plural nispetler)
- ratio, proportion
- relation, relationship, relevance
- (colloquial) An act meant in retaliation or for spite.
Declension
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editAdverb
editnispet
References
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نسبت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2080
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nispet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “nispet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nispet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3551