kabahat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قباحت‎, from Arabic قَبَاحَة‎ (qabāḥa), verbal noun of قَبُحَ‎ (qabuḥa, “to be vile, evil, infamous”).

Noun

kabahat (definite accusative kabahatı, plural kabahatlar)

fault, offense; sin
(law) misdemeanor

Derived terms

kabahatlı

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kabahat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قباحت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1430
The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN

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