hizmet

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خدمت (hidmet, hıdmet), خذمت (hizmet, hızmet), from Arabic خِدْمَة (ḵidma) , from Classical Syriac ܚܕܡܬ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hizˈmet/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: hiz‧met

Noun

hizmet (definite accusative hizmeti, plural hizmetler)

1. employment
2. ministration
3. service

Derived terms

• hizmet etmek
• hizmetçi
• hizmetçilik
• hizmetkâr
• hizmetli
• hizmetlilik

 

Related terms

• hidemat (Arabic plural)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hizmet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خدمت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 834