teravih

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • teravi, terâvih

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تراویح (terāvih),[1][2] from Arabic تَرَاوِيحْ (tarāwīḥ), plural of تَرْوِيحَة (tarwīḥa, “relief, rest for breathing”).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /te.ɾaːˈvih/
  • Hyphenation: te‧ra‧vih

Noun

teravih (definite accusative teravihi, plural teravihler)

  1. (Islam) ellipsis of teravih namazı (“teravih prayer”); a special prayer performed every night of Ramadan after the Night prayer

Declension

Declension of teravih
singular plural
nominative teravih teravihler
definite accusative teravihi teravihleri
dative teravihe teravihlere
locative teravihte teravihlerde
ablative teravihten teravihlerden
genitive teravihin teravihlerin

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تراویح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 527
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تراویح”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 359
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “teravih”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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