tereffu
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ترفع, from Arabic تَرَفُّع (taraffuʿ), verbal noun of تَرَفَّعَ (taraffaʿa).
Noun
tereffu (definite accusative tereffuu, plural tereffular) (obsolete)
- rising, becoming high
- looking down on
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ترفع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 535
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN