tahrik

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تحریك (taḥrik, “a moving, causing to move or vibrate, inciting, impelling, instigating, a medicine's moving the bowels”), from Arabic تَحْرِيك (taḥrīk), verbal noun of حَرَّكَ (ḥarraka, “to move, to put in motion, to activate”). Cognates with Azerbaijani təhrik. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tahˈɾic/, (definite accusative) /tah.ɾiːˈci/ Hyphenation: tah‧rik === Noun === tahrik (definite accusative tahriki, plural tahrikler or (dated) tahrikât) An act of arousing sexual desire; excitation, stimulation. An act of inciting someone into doing something sinister; sedition, provocation, instigation. (obsolete) An act of putting into motion, setting off on the road. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “tahrik”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “tahrik”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4540