Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish مذبح (mezbah), مذبحه (mezbaha), from Arabic مَذْبَح (maḏbaḥ), مَذْبَحَة (maḏbaḥa).

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mezbaha (definite accusative mezbahayı, plural mezbahaler)

  1. slaughterhouse
    • 1936 April 1, headline in Ulusal Birlik, page 1:
      Habeşistan mezbahaya döndü, bütün cihan, Italya'yı takbih ediyor
      Abyssinia has turned into a slaughterhouse and the whole world blames Italy

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