muhrip

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مخرب (muhrib), from Arabic مُخْرِب (muḵrib). Compare Azerbaijani müxrib

Noun

muhrip (definite accusative muhribi, plural muhripler)

1. (nautical, military) destroyer

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muhrip”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مخرب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1776