müdafaa

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مدافعه (müdâfa'a), from Arabic مُدَافَعَة (mudāfaʕa), verbal noun of دَافَعَ (dāfaʕa, “to defend”). Compare Azerbaijani müdafiə.

Pronunciation

Noun

müdafaa (definite accusative müdafaayı, plural müdafaalar)

  1. defense
  2. resistance

Declension

Inflection
Nominative müdafaa
Definite accusative müdafaayı
Singular Plural
Nominative müdafaa müdafaalar
Definite accusative müdafaayı müdafaaları
Dative müdafaaya müdafaalara
Locative müdafaada müdafaalarda
Ablative müdafaadan müdafaalardan
Genitive müdafaanın müdafaaların

Derived terms

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müdafaa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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