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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سؤقصد (suikasd), from Arabic سُوء (sūʔ, “evil”) and قَصْد (qaṣd, “intention”). Cognate with Azerbaijani sui-qəsd.
Noun
suikast (definite accusative suikasdı, plural suikastlar)
- malice aforethought
- plot, conspiracy
- assassination; attempt at murder
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References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “suikast”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سؤ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1085
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN