ihtiyat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish احتیاط‎ (ihtiyat), from Arabic اِحْتِيَاط‎ (iḥtiyāṭ), verbal noun of اِحْتَاطَ‎ (iḥtāṭa, “to be careful, to take precautions”).

Noun

ihtiyat (definite accusative ihtiyatı, plural ihtiyatlar)

precaution
reserve
(military) reserves

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ihtiyat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “احتیاط”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 37
The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN

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