terfi

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ترفیع‎ (terfi), from Arabic تَرْفِيع‎ (tarfīʿ), verbal noun of رَفَعَ‎ (rafaʿa).

Noun

terfi (definite accusative terfiyi, plural terfiler) (archaic)

promotion, advancement
elevation

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ترفیع”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 363
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “terfi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN

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