ihtikâr

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish احتكار (“to hoard, monopolize, corner the market”), from Arabic اِحْتِكَار (iḥtikār), verbal noun of اِحْتَكَرَ (iḥtakara, “to monopolize”).

Noun[edit]

ihtikâr (definite accusative ihtikârı, plural ihtikârlar) (archaic)

  1. profiteering
  2. hoarding

References[edit]

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ihtikâr”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “احتكار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 36
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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