telefat
Appearance
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish تالفات (telefat), plural of تلف (telef), from Arabic تَلَف (talaf).
Noun
[edit]telefat (definite accusative telefatı, uncountable)
- loss of life; (military) casualties
- Synonym: kayıp
- 1939 September 3, “Leh tebliği [Polish report]”, in Cumhuriyet, page 1:
- Alman tayyareleri birçok kıtaatı bombardıman ettiler. Sivil halk arasında telefat vardır.
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References
[edit]- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “telefât”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1282
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “telefat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN