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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كابوس (ḱâbus, “nightmare, incubus”), from Arabic كَابُوس (kābūs, “nightmare, incubus”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kâbus (definite accusative kâbusu, plural kâbuslar)
- nightmare
- incubus
- Synonym: karabasan
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Further reading
- “kâbus”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kâbus”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “kâbus”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kâbus”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2256