توصیه

See also: توصية

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَوْصِيَة (tawṣiya, “recommendation”).

Noun

توصیه • (tavsiye) (definite accusative توصیه‌یی (tavsiyeyi), plural توصیه‌لر (tavsiyeler))

recommendation

Derived terms

توصیه ایتمك (tavsiye etmek, “to recommend”)
توصیه‌نامه (tavsiyenâme, “letter of recommendation”)

Descendants

Turkish: tavsiye
→ Crimean Tatar: tevsiye

Further reading

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Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881), “توصیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 501
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “tavsiye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4646
Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “tavsiye”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1246
Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “توصیه”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[2], Vienna: F. Beck, page 170b
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “توصیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 415
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tavsiye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “توصیه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 610

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَوْصِيَة (tawṣiya).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /taw.si.ˈja/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.si.já]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.si.já]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.si.já]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰow.si.jé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.si.já]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tawsiya
Dari reading^?	tawsiya
Iranian reading^?	towsiye
Tajik reading^?	tavsiya

Noun


Dari	تَوصیَه
Iranian Persian	تُوصیِه
Tajik	тавсия

توصیه • (towsiye) (plural توصیه‌ها (towsiye-hâ))

recommendation
Synonyms: سفارش (sefâreš), پیشنهاد (pišnahâd)

Derived terms

توصیه نامه (towsiye nâme, “recommendation letter”)
توصیه کردن (towsiye kardan, “to recommend”)