zirve

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ذروه (zirve), from Arabic ذِرْوَة (ḏirwa, “uppermost part, vertex, summit”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

zirve (definite accusative zirveyi, plural zirveler)

1. uppermost part, vertex, summit
2. summit (gathering of leaders)

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zirve”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1431
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1288