terhis

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ترخیص (“permitting; permission, license”), from Arabic تَرْخِيص (tarḵīṣ), verbal noun of رَخَّصَ (raḵḵaṣa, “to allow”).

Noun

terhis (definite accusative terhisi, plural terhisler)

1. (archaic) authorization, permission [from 17th c.]
2. (military) discharge; demobilization [from 20th c.]
   • 2015, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk, →ISBN, page 35:

     Mütarekeye dahil olur ol­maz, kıtaların muharip efradı terhis olunmuş, silah ve cephanesi elinden alın­mış, harp kıymetinden mahrum birtakım kadrolar haline getirilmişti.

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References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “terhis”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ترخیص”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 531
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN