iftira
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish افترا, from Arabic اِفْتِرَاء (iftirāʔ, “lie, falsehood”).
Noun
iftira f (plural iftirale)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | iftira | iftiraua | iftirale | iftiralele | |
genitive-dative | iftirale | iftiralei | iftirale | iftiralelor | |
vocative | iftira | iftiralelor |
References
- iftira in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish افترا, from Arabic اِفْتِرَاء (iftirāʔ, “lie, falsehood”).
Pronunciation
- [1] /iftira:/
Noun
iftira (definite accusative iftirayı, plural iftiralar)
- calumny
- iftira atmak ― to slander
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “افترا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 154