فرقه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic فِرْقَة‎ (firqa, “part; section; group”).

Noun

فرقه • (fırka)

separate part (of something, or of a group of people or animals)
sect; race
(military) division
(military, nautical) squadron
detachment

Descendants

Turkish: fırka

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) , “فرقه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 895
Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “فرقه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1378

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