istihfaf

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish استخفاف (istiḫfāf, “a deeming, judging, pronouncing, calling (a man or a thing) trifling and of little account, treating them as such, despising, contemning, contempt”), from Arabic اِسْتِخْفَاف (istiḵfāf), verbal noun of اِسْتَخَفَّ (istaḵaffa, “to belittle, to take lightly, to flout, to make light of”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /is.tihˈfaːf/ Hyphenation: is‧tih‧faf === Noun === istihfaf (definite accusative istihfafı, plural istihfaflar) (dated) An act of belittling, undermining, scorn, contempt. Synonyms: küçümseme, hor görme, hafifseme ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “istihfaf”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “istihfaf”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2234