infilak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish انفلاق (infilak), from Arabic اِنْفِلَاق (infilāq), verbal noun of اِنْفَلَقَ (infalaqa, “to split; to become cleft”).

Noun

infilak (definite accusative infilakı, plural infilaklar)

1. explosion

   Synonym: patlama

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “infilâk”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 522
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “infilak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN