ihtilaç

Turkish

Alternative forms
  • ihtilâç

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اختلاج, from Arabic اِخْتِلَاج (iḵtilāj).

Noun

ihtilaç (definite accusative ihtilâcı, plural ihtilaçlar)

  1. (obsolete) pulling with violence
  2. (archaic) agitation
  3. (physiology) convulsion

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ihtilaç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اختلاج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 43
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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