taraftar
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish طرفدار (tarafdar), from Persian طرفدار (tarafdâr), from Arabic طَرَف (ṭaraf, “side”) + Persian دار (-dâr). By surface analysis, taraf + -dar.
Noun[edit]
taraftar (definite accusative taraftarı, plural taraftarlar)
Antonyms[edit]
- tarafsız (“neutral”)
Related terms[edit]
- taraf (“side”)
- (dialectal, Smyrna) taraf taraf aramak (“seek every nook and cranny”)
References[edit]
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “taraftar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طرفدار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1237
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN