sayfiye
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish صیفیه (sayfiye), a pseudo-Arabic formation from Arabic صَيْف (ṣayf, “summer”).
Noun
sayfiye (definite accusative sayfiyeyi, plural sayfiyeler)
- summer house; country house; cottage
- Synonym: yazlık
Derived terms
- sayfiyelik
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “sayfiyye”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1107
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “صیفیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 779
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sayfiye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN