münakasa

== Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish مناقصه (münakasa), from Arabic مُنَاقَصَة (munāqaṣa), verbal noun of نَاقَصَ (nāqaṣa, “to invite bids”). Doublet of noksan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /my.naː.kaˈsa/ === Noun === münakasa (definite accusative münakasayı, plural münakasalar) (dated or obsolete) auction, tender Synonym: eskiltme ==== Declension ==== === References === Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “münâkasa”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 865 Wehr, Hans (1960), “نقص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz