söz almak
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سوز آلمق (söz almak, literally “take a word”).
Verb
söz almak
- to obtain a promise
- to take the floor
References
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “söz”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “söz”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4323
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سوز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 699b