İhtiyâr

İhtiyâr means the ability to choose or prefer. In Kâmus-ı Türkî, Şemseddin Sami treats it not merely as a word for choice but as the capacity to act according to one’s own will and desire.

The word asks where freedom becomes visible: in the moment when several paths exist and one is chosen.

Original one-of-a-kind artwork from the Mestûr collection.
Hand-written in Iranian ink on an original 125-year-old page from Şemseddin Sami’s Kâmus-ı Türkî.
Page 80 · Left column · Line 16.

Sold unframed. Frame shown in presentation images is not included.