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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بكارت (bekaret), from Arabic بَكَارَة (bakāra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.caːˈɾet/
- Hyphenation: be‧ka‧ret
Noun
bekâret (definite accusative bekâreti, plural bekâretler)
- virginity
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References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بكارت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 272
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bekâret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بكارت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 375