veba

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ).

Noun

veba (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. plague (disease caused by Yersinia pestis; any outbreak of pestilence)
    Synonym: taun

Declension

Declension of veba
singular plural
nominative veba vebalar
genitive vebanıñ vebalarnıñ
dative vebağa vebalarğa
accusative vebanı vebalarnı
locative vebada vebalarda
ablative vebadan vebalardan

References

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish وبا (veba), from Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ, epidemic).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veˈbaː/
  • Hyphenation: ve‧ba

Noun

veba (definite accusative vebayı, plural vebalar)

  1. plague (disease caused by Yersinia pestis; any outbreak of pestilence)
    Synonym: taum

Declension

Declension of veba
singular plural
nominative veba vebalar
definite accusative vebayı vebaları
dative vebaya vebalara
locative vebada vebalarda
ablative vebadan vebalardan
genitive vebanın vebaların

Derived terms

  • vebalı

Further reading

  • veba”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “veba”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “veba”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN