sirayet

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish سرایت (sirayet), from Arabic سِرَايَة (sirāya), from سَرَى (sarā, “to spread”).

Noun

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sirayet (definite accusative sirayeti, plural sirayetler)

  1. spreading, propagation
    • 1936 April 17, headline in Ulusal Birlik:
      Afrika harbının Avrupa'ya sirayet etmesi tehlikesi var
      Risk of African war spreading to Europe
  2. infection

References

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  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سرایت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 671b
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