hüviyet

== Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish هویت (hüviyet), from Arabic هُوِيَّة (huwiyya, “identity”). The semantic shift from the philosophical to the bureaucratic sense of identity dates from the late 19th century. === Noun === hüviyet (definite accusative hüviyeti, plural hüviyetler) ID card Synonym: kimlik kartı === References === Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “hüviyet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Redhouse, James W. (1890), “هویت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2174