iskân

== Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish اسكان (iskan), from Arabic إِسْكَان (ʔiskān), verbal noun of أَسْكَنَ (ʔaskana, “to settle, lodge”). The original Arabic verb is ditransitive, in the "causing to settle" sense below. === Noun === iskân (definite accusative iskânı, plural iskânlar) inhabiting, settling Synonym: yurtlanma causing to inhabit or settle Synonym: yurtlandırma === References === Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “iskân”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اسكان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 111 Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN