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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Persian شکنجه (šekanje, “torment; torture”). Cognate of Turkish işkence and Azerbaijani işgəncə.
Noun
işkence
- torture
Declension
References
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اشكنجه (işkence, “torture”), from Old Anatolian Turkish (şikence, “press”), (işkenci, “pain, trouble”), from Persian شکنجه (šekanje, “torment; torture”), اشکنجه (eškanje). Cognate of Azerbaijani işgəncə.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iʃˈken.d͡ʒe/
- Hyphenation: iş‧ken‧ce
Noun
işkence (definite accusative işkenceyi, plural işkenceler)
- torture
- (woodworking) wood clamp,[1] F-clamp
Declension
References
- ^ “Kanca Marangoz İşkencesi / Standart Model - Ağaç Saplı 200 cm.”, in e-hırdavat.com (in Turkish), 2012 December 1 (last accessed), archived from the original on 12 February 2011