kabahat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قباحت, from Arabic قَبَاحَة (qabāḥa), verbal noun of قَبُحَ (qabuḥa, “to be vile, evil, infamous”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

kabahat (definite accusative kabahatı, plural kabahatlar)

1. fault, offense; sin
2. (law) misdemeanor

Derived terms

• kabahatlı
• kabahatsiz

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kabahat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قباحت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1430
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN