istikraz

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish استقراض‎ (istikraz), from Arabic اِسْتِقْرَاض‎ (istiqrāḍ), verbal noun of اِسْتَقْرَضَ‎ (istaqraḍa, “to seek or ask to borrow money from”).

Noun

istikraz (definite accusative istikrazı, plural istikrazlar)

(archaic) borrowing money; loan

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “istikraz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “استقراض”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 102
The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN

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