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Turkish
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish فرقه, from Arabic فِرْقَة (firqa).
Noun
fırka (definite accusative fırkayı, plural fırkalar)
- (archaic) group
- (politics) party
- Synonym: parti
- (military) division
- (military, nautical) squadron
Etymology 2
According to Çağbayır, the same word as Turkish hırka (“cardigan”), from Arabic خِرْقَة (ḵirqa).
Noun
fırka
- (Fatsa) women's jacket
References
- “fırka (III)”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü (in Turkish), volume V, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1972, page 1855b
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fırka (III)”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume II, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1579b