enkaz

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish انقاض‎ (enkâz), from Arabic أَنْقَاض‎ (ʾanqāḍ), plural of نَقْض‎ (naqḍ), verbal noun of نَقَضَ‎ (naqaḍa, “to break, demolish”).

Noun

enkaz (definite accusative enkazı, plural enkazlar)

ruins, rubble, debris; wreckage

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) , “enkaz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “انقاض”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 226
The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN

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