DeOriginİştiyak has entered Turkish from the Arabic word ištīāq (اشتياق), derived from the root sh-w-q (شوق). In Arabic, this word is the māṣdar form of the fiʿʿāl pattern of the verb shāqa, meaning “to desire” or “to long for,” and carries the sense of “intense desire and longing.”Areas of UseLiterature: Used in poetry and prose to express feelings of longing, love, and intense desire.Sufism and Religious Texts: Employed to convey spiritual closeness, the yearning for union, and deep devotion.Eve
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Fatmanur Mavibaş

Elif Gibi Sevmek 2 is a work that foregrounds symbolic and conceptual density. Authored by Hikmet Anıl Öztekin, the book constructs a network of meaning through “Elif,” the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, while addressing themes such as individual orientation, love, separation, and submission.Subject MatterThe central symbol of the book is Elif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet. Through this letter, the content is conceptualized within a framework of direction, stance, and meaning. T
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Zehra Yayla