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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish محاصره (muḥāsara),[1][2][3] from Arabic مُحَاصَرَة (muḥāṣara).[4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mu.ha.saˈɾa/, /mu.haːsaˈɾa/
- Hyphenation: mu‧ha‧sa‧ra
Noun
muhasara (definite accusative muhasarayı, plural muhasaralar)
- (military, dated) siege, blockage, encirclement
- Synonyms: kuşatma, çevirme, (archaic) ihata
Declension
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محاصره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1755
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “محاصره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1125
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “محاصره”, in قاموس تركی (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1296
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muhasara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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