rakip

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish رقیب (rakib, “watchman, guardian, rival”), from Arabic رَقِيب (raqīb).

Noun

rakip (definite accusative rakibi, plural rakipler)

1. rival, competitor

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “رقیب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 984
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “rakib”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 947