iftira

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish افترا, from Arabic اِفْتِرَاء (iftirāʔ, “lie, falsehood”).

Noun

iftira f (plural iftirale)

1. calumny

Declension

Declension of iftira

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) iftira	iftiraua	(niște) iftirale	iftiralele
genitive/dative	(unei) iftirale	iftiralei	(unor) iftirale	iftiralelor
vocative	iftira		iftiralelor

References

• iftira in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish افترا, from Arabic اِفْتِرَاء (iftirāʔ, “lie, falsehood”).

Pronunciation

[1] /iftira:/

Noun

iftira (definite accusative iftirayı, plural iftiralar)

1. calumny

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “افترا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 154