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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قطعات (kıtaat), plural of قطعه (kıta), from Arabic قِطْعَة (qiṭʕa). Formally, the Arabic plural of kıta.
Noun
kıtaat (definite accusative kıtaatı, uncountable)
- (military) troops
1939 September 4, “Muharebe vaizyeti [War situation]”, in Cumhuriyet, page 5:Alman kıtaatı bu sabah Tschenstochau'a girmiştir.- German troops were entering Tschenstochau this morning.
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “kitaat”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 619
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 658