iskân

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish اسكان (iskan), from Arabic إِسْكَان (ʔiskān), verbal noun of أَسْكَنَ (ʔaskana, “to settle, lodge”). The original Arabic verb is ditransitive, in the "causing to settle" sense below.

Noun[edit]

iskân (definite accusative iskânı, plural iskânlar)

  1. inhabiting, settling
    Synonym: yurtlanma
  2. causing to inhabit or settle
    Synonym: yurtlandırma

References[edit]

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “iskân”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اسكان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 111
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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