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fettan

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فتان (fettan),[1][2][3] from Arabic فَتَّان (fattān).[4]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fetˈtan/
  • Hyphenation: fet‧tan

Adjective

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fettan

  1. troublemaker, instigator, agitator

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فتان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1364
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فتان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 885
  3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “فتان”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 981
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fettan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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