tahrip

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تخریب (tahrib), from Arabic تَخْرِيب (taḵrīb), verbal noun of خَرَّبَ (ḵarraba).

Noun

tahrip (definite accusative tahribi, plural tahripler)

  1. destruction, devastation

Derived terms

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tahrip”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تخریب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 514
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN