hitabe

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خطابه (hitabe), from Arabic خِطَاب (ḵiṭāb).

Noun

hitabe (definite accusative hitabeyi, plural hitabeler) (archaic)

1. speech (address to a group)

   hitabede bulunmak ― to deliver a speech

Related terms

• hitap

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “hitâbe”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 445
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hitap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN