شبهه

See also: شبهة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شُبْهَة (šubha, doubt, uncertainty).

Noun

شبهه • (şübhe) (definite accusative شبهه‌یی (şübheyi), plural شبه (şübeh) or شبهات (şübühât))

  1. doubt, uncertainty, misgiving
    Synonym: اشكل (işkil)
  2. suspicion, inkling

Derived terms

  • شبهه ایتمك (şübhe etmek, to doubt)
  • شبهه‌جی (şübheci, a suspicious person)
  • شبهه‌دار (şübhedâr, doubtful, suspectful)
  • شبهه‌سز (şübhesiz, doubtless, sure)
  • شبهه‌لنمك (şübhelenmek, to doubt; to suspect)
  • شبهه‌لو (şübheli, doubtful)
  • نه شبهه (ne şübhe, most certainly)

Descendants

  • Turkish: şüphe
  • Albanian: shybe
  • Armenian: շիւփէ (šiwpʻē), շըֆա (šəfa), շուֆա (šufa)
  • Aromanian: shubee, shubei, shubie
  • Bulgarian: шюбе́ (šjubé), шіубе́
  • Macedonian: шубе (šube)

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