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English
Noun
facia (plural facias)
- Alternative form of fascia
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Attested in Vergilius (7th. c.).
Noun
facia f (genitive faciae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)
- Alternative form of faciēs (“face”)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish فاجعه (faci'a), from Arabic فَاجِعَة (fājiʕa). Compare Azerbaijani faciə.
Pronunciation
Noun
facia (definite accusative faciayı, plural facialar)
- catastrophe, tragedy
1935 November 13, “Facianın plânçosu: 24 ölü ve kayıb!”, in Cumhuriyet, Istanbul:Evvelki geceki Inebolu vapuru faciasının kurbanları hakkında yapılan tahkikat ve tetkikat ilk tahminlerin biraz mubalâğali olduğunu göstermiştir.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “facia”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فاجع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1358
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN