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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish شدت (şiddet), from Arabic شِدَّة (šidda).
Noun
şiddet (definite accusative şiddeti, plural şiddetler)
- violence
- strength, intensity
- (archaic) great hardship
Declension
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şiddet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شدت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1119
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN