vazaif

Turkish

Alternative forms

vezaif

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish وظائف, from Arabic وَظَائِف (waẓāʔif), plural of وَظِيفَة (waẓīfa).

Noun

vazaif (definite accusative vazaifi) (obsolete)

Arabic plural of vazife
Synonym: vazifeler

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “vazâif”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1370
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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