müdafaa

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مدافعه (müdâfa'a), from Arabic مُدَافَعَة (mudāfaʕa), verbal noun of دَافَعَ (dāfaʕa, “to defend”). Compare Azerbaijani müdafiə.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.daːfa.a/, [my.daːfaː]

Noun

müdafaa (definite accusative müdafaayı, plural müdafaalar)

1. defense
2. resistance

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	müdafaa
Definite accusative	müdafaayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	müdafaa	müdafaalar
Definite accusative	müdafaayı	müdafaaları
Dative	müdafaaya	müdafaalara
Locative	müdafaada	müdafaalarda
Ablative	müdafaadan	müdafaalardan
Genitive	müdafaanın	müdafaaların

Derived terms

• müdafaaname
• müdafaasız

Related terms

• def
• müdafi

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müdafaa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN