enkaz

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish انقاض‎ (enkâz), from Arabic أَنْقَاض‎ (ʔanqāḍ), plural of نَقْض‎ (naqḍ), verbal noun of نَقَضَ‎ (naqaḍa, “to break, demolish”).

Noun

enkaz (definite accusative enkazı, plural enkazlar)

  1. ruins, rubble, debris; wreckage

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “enkaz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “انقاض”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 226
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 343
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