zevküsefa

Turkish

Alternative forms

• zevküsafa

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ذوقوصفا, from Arabic ذَوْق وَ صَفَاء (ḏawq wa ṣafāʔ).

Noun

zevküsefa (definite accusative zevküsefayı, plural zevküsefalar)

1. pleasure, enjoyment

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zevkusefa”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5463
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ذوق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 608
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zevk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ذوق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 951
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN