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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish جانیانه, from Arabic جَانٍ (jānin) and Persian ـانه (-âne, forms adjectives from nouns).
Adjective
caniyane
- (archaic) criminal
- Synonym: canice
1934 July 31, “Viyana Suikastı [Vienna plot]”, in İzmir Postası, Izmir:M. Dolfüs'ün caniyane bir suikaste maruz kalarak ölüşü karşısında yerli ve yabancı gazetelerin mütaleaları hemen, hemen birleşiyor demektir.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “caniyane”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 755
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN