terhis
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ترخیص (“permitting; permission, license”), from Arabic تَرْخِيص (tarḵīṣ), verbal noun of رَخَّصَ (raḵḵaṣa, “to allow”).
Noun
terhis (definite accusative terhisi, plural terhisler)
- (archaic) authorization, permission [from 17th c.]
- (military) discharge; demobilization [from 20th c.]
- 2015, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk, →ISBN, page 35:
- Mütarekeye dahil olur olmaz, kıtaların muharip efradı terhis olunmuş, silah ve cephanesi elinden alınmış, harp kıymetinden mahrum birtakım kadrolar haline getirilmişti.
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References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “terhis”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ترخیص”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 531
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN