tahrip

Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

tahrip (definite accusative tahribi, plural tahripler)

destruction, devastation

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
The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN

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