istifa
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish استعفا, from Arabic اِسْتِعْفَاء (istiʿfāʾ), related to عَفْو (ʿafw) and عَفَا (ʿafā). Compare Azerbaijani istefa, Urdu اِسْتِعْفا (istīfā).
Noun
istifa (definite accusative istifayı, plural istifalar)
- resignation
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “istifa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “استعفا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 99
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN