نفسانی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic نَفْسَانِيّ (nafsāniyy).

Adjective

نفسانی • (nefsani) (feminine نفسانیه (nefsaniye))

  1. sensual, carnal
  2. hateful, spiteful

Descendants

  • Turkish: nefsani
  • → Armenian: նէֆսանի (nēfsani)

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “nefsani”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “نفسانی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1282a
  • Wehr, Hans (1960), “نفس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz, page 985
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