استیضاح

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْتِيضَاح (istīḍāḥ), verbal noun of اِسْتَوْضَحَ (istawḍaḥa).

Noun

استیضاح • (istizah)

  1. (politics) questioning, demanding an explanation (in Parliament)

Descendants

  • Turkish: istizah

References

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استیضاح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 107
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِيضَاح (istīḍāḥ).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰiː.zɑ́ːʱ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰiː.zɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.zɔ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? istīzāh
Dari reading? istīzāh
Iranian reading? estizâh
Tajik reading? istizoh

Noun

استیضاح • (estizâh)

  1. (politics) impeachment

Further reading

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