tahrik

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. An act of arousing sexual desire; excitation, stimulation.
  2. An act of inciting someone into doing something sinister; sedition, provocation, instigation.
  3. (obsolete) An act of putting into motion, setting off on the road.

Concepten

Synoniemen

Frequentie

C1
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/tahˈɾic/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تحریك (taḥrik, “a moving, causing to move or vibrate, inciting, impelling, instigating, a medicine's moving the bowels”), from Arabic تَحْرِيك (taḥrīk), verbal noun of حَرَّكَ (ḥarraka, “to move, to put in motion, to activate”). Cognates with Azerbaijani təhrik.

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes