telakki

Turkish

Alternative forms

• telâkki

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تلقی (telakki, “receiving, accepting; interpretation”), from Arabic تَلَقٍّ (talaqqin), verbal noun of تَلَقَّى (talaqqā, “to receive, obtain”).

Noun

telakki (definite accusative telakkiyi, plural telakkiler)

1. interpretation, understanding, view

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “telâkki”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1281
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “telakki”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN