istikraz
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish استقراض (istikraz), from Arabic اِسْتِقْرَاض (istiqrāḍ), verbal noun of اِسْتَقْرَضَ (istaqraḍa, “to seek or ask to borrow money from”).
Noun
istikraz (definite accusative istikrazı, plural istikrazlar)
- (archaic) borrowing money; loan
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “istikraz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “استقراض”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 102
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN