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Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɯˈsas/
- Hyphenation: kı‧sas
Etymology 1
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قصاص (ḳıṣaṣ, ḳaṣaṣ, “the application of the law of talion, putting a man to death for manslaughter”),[1] from Arabic قِصَاص (qiṣāṣ), verbal noun of قَاصَّ (qāṣṣa).[2]
Noun
kısas (definite accusative kısası, plural kısaslar)
- (archaic) Punishing the guilty in the same way they committed the crime; talion.
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قصص (ḳıṣaṣ), plural of قصه (ḳıṣṣa, “a story, tale, anecdote”),[3] from Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa).[4]
Noun
kısas (definite accusative kısası, uncountable)
- (archaic) plural of kıssa
- (archaic) stories, tales
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قصاص”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1456
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kısas¹”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قصاص”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1458
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kısas²”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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