tasfiye

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تصفیه (taṣfiye, “a clearing, clarifying a liquid, a purifying from alloy or admixture, a cleaning or polishing, a making the heart or mind free from evil thoughts or intentions”), from Arabic تَصْفِيَة (taṣfiya, “clarifying, purifying”), verbal noun of صَفَا (ṣafā, “to be pure, to be clear, to be pure of heart”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tas.fiˈje/ Hyphenation: tas‧fi‧ye === Noun === tasfiye (definite accusative tasfiyeyi, plural tasfiyeler) An act of clarifying, sorting out, refining. (linguistics) Linguistic purism. (business) Liquidation of a company's assets after its bankruptcy. (figuratively) Mass layoffs due to various reasons. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “tasfiye”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “tasfiye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4623