ıstıfa

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اصطفاء (ıstıfa), from Arabic اِصْطِفَاء (iṣṭifāʔ, “selecting; selection”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɯs.tɯˈfaː/ === Noun === ıstıfa (definite accusative ıstıfayı, plural ıstıfalar) (archaic, biology) selection Synonym: ayıklanma ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “ıstıfa”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ıstıfa”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat