tahrik

Meaning

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.

Concepts

excitation

excitement

fomentation

impulse

impulsion

incite

provocation

solicit

inducement

instigate

propulsion

incitement

instigation

Synonyms

kışkırtma

teşvik etme

uyarım

uyartı

Translations

provocation

excitation

Erregung

Antrieb

agitation

Anregung

Anreiz

excitação

Provokation

Erregungen

Agitation

Initiierung

incitació

Veranlassung

provocació

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tahˈɾic/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: تحریك

Cognate with Azerbaijani: təhrik

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.