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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic فِرْقَة (firqa, “part; section; group”).
Noun
فرقه • (fırka)
- separate part (of something, or of a group of people or animals)
- sect; race
- (military) division
1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk, page 341:قوتلری آلتی فرقهیه بالغ اولمش بولونیوردی. اوچ فرقه ایله ایكی قولدن آقحصار ـ صوما استقامتنده ؛ ایكی فرقه ایله صالحلی استقامتنده ؛ بر فرقه ایلهده آیدین جبههسندن تعرض ایتدیلر.- Kuvvetleri altı fırkaya baliğ olmuş bulunuyordı. Üç fırka ile iki koldan Akhisar – Soma istikametinde; iki fırka ile Salihli istimaketinde; bir fırka ile de Aydın cebhesinden ta'aruz ettiler.
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- (military, nautical) squadron
- detachment
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