berhava

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish برهوا (berhava), from Persian.

Adjective

berhava

1. blown up, destroyed
   • 1940 June 22, headline on page 1 of Halkin Sesi:

     Berlin İngiliz tayyareleri tarafından bombalanmıştır. Birçok fabrikalar berhava edilmiştir

     Berlin was bombed by British aircraft. Many factories have been destroyed.

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “برهوا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 263
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “berhava”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN