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Etymology edit

From سفربر (seferber, mobilized) +‎ ـلك (-lik).[1][2]

Noun edit

سفربرلك (seferberlik)

  1. mobilization
    • 1914, [A poster][3]:
      سفربرلك وار
      عسكر اولانلر سلاح آلتنه
      سفربرلكك برنجی كونی [...]در
      seferberlik var
      asker olanlar silah altına
      seferberliğin birinci günü [...]dır
      There is mobilization!
      Soldiers under the arms!
      First day of mobilization is [...]

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References edit

  1. ^ “Descriptive Linguistics”, in Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts[1], volume 32, 1998, page 1296
  2. ^ Al-Qattan, Najwa (2004) “Safarbarlik: Ottoman Syria and the Great War”, in Philipp, Thomas, editor, From the Syrian Land to the States of Syria and Lebanon[2], page 164; republished as Schumann, Christoph, editor, (Please provide a date or year)

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