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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish استسقا, from Arabic اِسْتِسْقَاء (istisqāʔ).
Noun
istiska (definite accusative istiskayı, plural istiskalar)
- (Islam) Istisqāʾ asking God for rain in times of drought
- istiska namazı ― the prayer to ask for rain
- (medicine) (collection of fluid in the organs and their body cavities)
Declension