istiska
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish استسقا, from Arabic اِسْتِسْقَاء (istisqāʔ).
Noun
editistiska (definite accusative istiskayı, plural istiskalar)
- (Islam) Istisqāʾ asking God for rain in times of drought
- istiska namazı ― the prayer to ask for rain
- (medicine) (collection of fluid in the organs and their body cavities)