falaka
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falaka (usually uncountable, plural falakas)
- A torture method consisting of whipping a person's bare feet.
- 1995, Kate Millett, The Politics of Cruelty: An Essay on the Literature of Political Imprisonment:
- Although technically forbidden, the torture of prisoners through falaka, beating on the soles of the feet or the back of the legs, is very widely practiced in Iran.
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Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish فلقه (falaka), from Arabic فَلَقَة (falaqa).
Noun edit
falaka (definite accusative falakayı, plural falakalar)
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- “falaka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu