berbat

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Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish برباد (berbād),[1][2][3] from Persian برباد دادَن (bar-bâd dâdan, to destroy, to ruin, literally to cast it into the wind).[4]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beɾˈbat/, (less common) /beɾˈbaːt/
  • Hyphenation: ber‧bat

Adjective

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berbat

  1. bad, awful, ugly, poor
  2. wretched, in disrepair, miserable, desolate
    Synonyms: perişan, viran, bakımsız

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “برباد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 352
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “برباد”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 259
  3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “برباد”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 287
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “berbat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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