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şekavet

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish شقاوت (şekavet), from Arabic شَقَاوَة (šaqāwa), verbal noun of شَقِيَ (šaqiya, to suffer). cognate with Azerbaijani şəqavət (misery) and dialectical Azerbaijani şəqqəvət (dignity).

Noun

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şekavet (definite accusative şekaveti, plural şekavetler) (archaic)

  1. villainy
    • 1929 December 24, “Beş haydut [Five bandits]”, in Yarın, page 1:
      Bu haydut tekrar şekavete başlamış ve 300 den fazla koyun ve saireyi gaspetmiş, köylere musallat olmuştur.
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  2. misery, wretchedness
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References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şekavet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شقاوت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1130
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN