zührevi

zührevi

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زهروی‎ (zührevi), adjective form of Arabic زُهْرَة‎ (zuhra, “Venus”).

Adjective

zührevi

1. (pathology) venereal (related to diseases of the genitals)
   • 1939 August 13, doctor's advertisement in İkdam, page 8:

     Cilt ve zührevi hastalıklar Mütehassısı

     Skin and venereal disease specialist

See also

• belsoğukluğu
• frengi

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “zührevî”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1436
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zührevi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN