Where does “telafi etmek” come from?

telafi etmek (Turkish) comes from Turkish telafi, from Ottoman Turkish تلافی, from Arabic تلافي.

telafi etmek (Turkish): to make up for, to compensate, to reimburse, to recompense

Definitions

  1. to make up for, to compensate, to reimburse, to recompense

Ancestry of “telafi etmek”, step by step

telafi etmek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish telafi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishtelaficompensation, redress, atonement
2Ottoman Turkishتلافی—
3Arabicتلافي—

via Turkish etmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishetmekto do; to make; to equal
2Turkishyerle bir etmekto destroy, to ruin
Every word from Arabic تلافي →Every word from Ottoman Turkish تلافی →Every word from Turkish telafi →