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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شفقت (şefkat, şafkat), from Arabic شَفَقَة (šafaqa).
Noun
şefkat (definite accusative şefkati, plural şefkatler)
- compassion, kindness, affection
- pity; concern
Declension
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şefkat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شفقت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1129
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN