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tasfiye

Pronunciation: /tas.fiˈje/

“tasfiye” is a Turkish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

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

Etymology

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”).

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