müdafaa

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مدافعه (müdâfa'a), from Arabic مُدَافَعَة (mudāfaʕa), verbal noun of دَافَعَ (dāfaʕa, “to defend”). Compare Azerbaijani müdafiə.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /my.daːfa.a/, [my.daːfaː]

Noun

müdafaa (definite accusative müdafaayı, plural müdafaalar)

  1. defense
  2. resistance

Declension

Declension of müdafaa
singular plural
nominative müdafaa müdafaalar
definite accusative müdafaayı müdafaaları
dative müdafaaya müdafaalara
locative müdafaada müdafaalarda
ablative müdafaadan müdafaalardan
genitive müdafaanın müdafaaların

Derived terms

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müdafaa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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