مصلحت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَصْلَحَة‎ (maṣlaḥa).

Noun

مصلحت • (maslahat)

business; affair
the right thing to do
penis

Related terms

مصلحتكذار‎ (maslahatgüzar)

Descendants

Turkish: maslahat
→ Armenian: մասլահաթ (maslahatʿ)

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مصلحت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1180
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مصلحت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1880
https://books.google.com/books?id=BpVFAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA12

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَصْلَحَة‎ (maṣlaḥa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maslahat/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /maslahat/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /mæslæhæt/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /maslahat/

Noun

Iranian Persian	مصلحت
Dari	مصلحت
Tajik	маслаҳат (maslahat)

مَصلَحَت • (maslahat)

interest, benefit, advantage
advice, goodwill

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