tasfiye

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تصفیه (taṣfiye, “a clearing, clarifying a liquid, a purifying from alloy or admixture, a cleaning or polishing, a making the heart or mind free from evil thoughts or intentions”), from Arabic تَصْفِيَة (taṣfiya, “clarifying, purifying”), verbal noun of صَفَا (ṣafā, “to be pure, to be clear, to be pure of heart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tas.fiˈje/
• Hyphenation: tas‧fi‧ye

Noun

tasfiye (definite accusative tasfiyeyi, plural tasfiyeler)

1. An act of clarifying, sorting out, refining.
2. (linguistics) Linguistic purism.
3. (business) Liquidation of a company's assets after its bankruptcy.
4. (figuratively) Mass layoffs due to various reasons.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	tasfiye
Definite accusative	tasfiyeyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tasfiye	tasfiyeler
Definite accusative	tasfiyeyi	tasfiyeleri
Dative	tasfiyeye	tasfiyelere
Locative	tasfiyede	tasfiyelerde
Ablative	tasfiyeden	tasfiyelerden
Genitive	tasfiyenin	tasfiyelerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular tasfiyem tasfiyelerim 2nd singular tasfiyen tasfiyelerin 3rd singular tasfiyesi tasfiyeleri 1st plural tasfiyemiz tasfiyelerimiz 2nd plural tasfiyeniz tasfiyeleriniz 3rd plural tasfiyeleri tasfiyeleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular tasfiyemi tasfiyelerimi 2nd singular tasfiyeni tasfiyelerini 3rd singular tasfiyesini tasfiyelerini 1st plural tasfiyemizi tasfiyelerimizi 2nd plural tasfiyenizi tasfiyelerinizi 3rd plural tasfiyelerini tasfiyelerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular tasfiyeme tasfiyelerime 2nd singular tasfiyene tasfiyelerine 3rd singular tasfiyesine tasfiyelerine 1st plural tasfiyemize tasfiyelerimize 2nd plural tasfiyenize tasfiyelerinize 3rd plural tasfiyelerine tasfiyelerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular tasfiyemde tasfiyelerimde 2nd singular tasfiyende tasfiyelerinde 3rd singular tasfiyesinde tasfiyelerinde 1st plural tasfiyemizde tasfiyelerimizde 2nd plural tasfiyenizde tasfiyelerinizde 3rd plural tasfiyelerinde tasfiyelerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular tasfiyemden tasfiyelerimden 2nd singular tasfiyenden tasfiyelerinden 3rd singular tasfiyesinden tasfiyelerinden 1st plural tasfiyemizden tasfiyelerimizden 2nd plural tasfiyenizden tasfiyelerinizden 3rd plural tasfiyelerinden tasfiyelerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular tasfiyemin tasfiyelerimin 2nd singular tasfiyenin tasfiyelerinin 3rd singular tasfiyesinin tasfiyelerinin 1st plural tasfiyemizin tasfiyelerimizin 2nd plural tasfiyenizin tasfiyelerinizin 3rd plural tasfiyelerinin tasfiyelerinin

Derived terms

• tasfiye etmek
• tasfiyehane

 

Related terms

• Mustafa
• saf
• safa
• safderun
• saffet
• Saffet
• safi
• sefa

 

Further reading

• “tasfiye”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tasfiye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4623