ihtikâr

== Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish احتكار (“to hoard, monopolize, corner the market”), from Arabic اِحْتِكَار (iḥtikār), verbal noun of اِحْتَكَرَ (iḥtakara, “to monopolize”). === Noun === ihtikâr (definite accusative ihtikârı, plural ihtikârlar) (archaic) profiteering hoarding === References === Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ihtikâr”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Redhouse, James W. (1890), “احتكار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 36 Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN