kabahat

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قباحت, from Arabic قَبَاحَة (qabāḥa), verbal noun of قَبُحَ (qabuḥa, to be vile, evil, infamous).

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Noun

kabahat (definite accusative kabahatı, plural kabahatlar)

  1. fault, offense; sin
  2. (law) misdemeanor

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References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kabahat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قباحت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1430
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN