"nefis" meaning in Turkish

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Adjective

Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish نفیس (“good, precious”), from Arabic نَفِيس (nafīs). Etymology templates: {{inh|tr|ota|نفیس|t=good, precious}} Ottoman Turkish نفیس (“good, precious”), {{der|tr|ar|نَفِيس}} Arabic نَفِيس (nafīs), {{root|tr|ar|ن ف س}} Head templates: {{tr-adj}} nefis
  1. delicious, yummy Synonyms: lezzetli
    Sense id: en-nefis-tr-adj-24t6QTGZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: nefsi [accusative, definite], nefisler [plural]
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish نفس (nefs, “soul, self”), from Arabic نَفْس (nafs). Etymology templates: {{inh|tr|ota|نفس|t=soul, self|tr=nefs}} Ottoman Turkish نفس (nefs, “soul, self”), {{der|tr|ar|نَفْس}} Arabic نَفْس (nafs), {{root|tr|ar|ن ف س}} Head templates: {{head|tr|noun|definite accusative|nefsi|||plural|nefisler|f1accel-form=def|acc|s|f1request=1|f3accel-form=nom|p|f3request=1|head=|sort=}} nefis (definite accusative nefsi, plural nefisler), {{tr-noun|nefsi|ler}} nefis (definite accusative nefsi, plural nefisler)
  1. self, personality, essence, soul (obsolescing - preserved mainly in religious context and in some compounds also in popular speech) Related terms: nüfus
    Sense id: en-nefis-tr-noun-V62MVQbF Categories (other): Turkish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for nefis meaning in Turkish (2.7kB)

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