tasfiye

Meaning

1. An act of clarifying, sorting out, refining.
2. Linguistic purism.
3. Liquidation of a company's assets after its bankruptcy.
4. (figuratively) Mass layoffs due to various reasons.

Concepts

purification

purge

refinement

liquidation

debugging

trouble shooting

depuration

Synonyms

arıtma

düzeltme

temizleme

arıtım

Translations

purification

epurazione

zuivering

purge

Reinigung

Säuberung

Verbesserung

Veredelung

Läuterung

Reinigungsvorgang

Reinhaltung

καθαρισμός

débogage

déverminage

dépuration

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tas.fiˈje/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: تصفیه

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تصفیه (taṣfiye, “a clearing, clarifying a liquid, a purifying from alloy or admixture, a cleaning or polishing, a making the heart or mind free from evil thoughts or intentions”), from Arabic تَصْفِيَة (taṣfiya, “clarifying, purifying”), verbal noun of صَفَا (ṣafā, “to be pure, to be clear, to be pure of heart”).