ihtifal

== Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish احتفال (ihtifal), from Arabic اِحْتِفَال (iḥtifāl), verbal noun of اِحْتَفَلَ (iḥtafala, “to celebrate”). === Noun === ihtifal (definite accusative ihtifali, plural ihtifaller) (obsolete) celebration; memorial ==== Related terms ==== mahfil === References === Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “ihtifâl”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 501 Redhouse, James W. (1890), “احتفال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 36 Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN