tarassut

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ترصد (tarassud), from Arabic تَرَصُّد (taraṣṣud), verbal noun of تَرَصَّدَ (taraṣṣada).

Noun

tarassut (definite accusative tarassudu, plural tarassutlar) (archaic)

1. watching, observing
2. stalking (watching stealthily)

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “tarassud”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1235
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tarassut”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ترصد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 534
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN