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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish رشوت (rişvet, “bribe”), ultimately from Arabic رِشْوَة (rišwa), رُشْوَة (rušwa, “bribe”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rüşvet (definite accusative rüşveti, plural rüşvetler)
- bribe, bribery
Declension
Descendants
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “rüşvet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “rişvet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3972
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “rüşvet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3987
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN