herif
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish حریف (harif, herif, “comrade, colleague; antagonist”), from Arabic حَرِيف (ḥarīf).
Noun
herif (definite accusative herifi, plural herifler)
- (obsolete) comrade, colleague
- (derogatory) A term of contempt for a man.
- (dialect) man, husband
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “herif”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1935
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “حریف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 504
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “herif”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “حریف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 781
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN