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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Albanian besë (“oath, pledge”).
Noun
بسا • (besa)
- oath, pledge (especially among Albanians)
- Synonyms: یمین (yemin), آند (and)
- agreement, arrangement
Descendants
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “besa1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 561a
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بسا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 363b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بسا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 265b