focus, focal point (point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge) · focus (point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge) · focus
çekim: çoğul Brennpunkte · tamlayan Brennpunkts
eş: Fokus
köken: Calque of New Latin pūnctum ūstiōnis (17th c.), after the fact that sun rays burn when concentrated in a focus. By surface analysis, brennen + Punkt
hookah · hocus-pocus, trick, sleight of hand · freak, whim (a fanciful impulse), trick (mischievous or annoying behavior)
çekim: çoğul hoqqalar · tamlayan hoqqanın
köken: From Arabic حُقَّة (ḥuqqa, “water pipe; cup of a juggler”). The non-archaic senses are a back-formation from hoqqabaz (“juggler, trickster”), via Persian حقه باز (“player at cups-and-balls; juggler; pick-pocket; plotter, impostor”).
to focus (to cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point) · to focus (to adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane) · to focus (to direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task)
çekim: geçmiş εστίασα · ortaç έχοντας εστιάσει · şimdiki εστιάζει · ulaç εστιάζοντας
köken: Learnedly from εστί(α) (estí(a), “focus”) + -άζω (-ázo), a calque of French focaliser.
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian جادو (jādū), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaHtúš. Doublet of यातु (yātu). Compare Assamese যাদু (zadu), Bengali জাদু (jadu), Marathi जादू (jādū).
magic trick, sleight of hand, trick (a remarkable act carried out purportedly by magical means but actually by trickery or illusion, generally as a form of entertainment)