Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish حشره, from Arabic حَشَرة (ḥašara).

Noun edit

haşere (definite accusative haşereyi, plural haşereler or haşerat)

  1. insect
  2. creeping thing

References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “haşere”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حشرات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 787
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN