hüviyet

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish هویت (hüviyet), from Arabic هُوِيَّة (huwiyya, “identity”). The semantic shift from the philosophical to the bureaucratic sense of identity dates from the late 19th century.

Noun

hüviyet (definite accusative hüviyeti, plural hüviyetler)

ID card
Synonym: kimlik kartı

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hüviyet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “هویت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2174

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