herif

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حریف (harif, herif, “comrade, colleague; antagonist”), from Arabic حَرِيف (ḥarīf).

Noun

herif (definite accusative herifi, plural herifler)

1. (obsolete) comrade, colleague
2. (derogatory) A term of contempt for a man.
3. (dialect) man, husband

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “herif”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1935
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “حریف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎ (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 504
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “herif”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “حریف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 781
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN