salgın
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish صالغین (salgın). By surface analysis, salmak + -gın.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsalgın (definite accusative salgını, plural salgınlar)
- epidemic (widespread disease)
- engulfment (the act of surrounding or covering)
- (dated) a type of temporary tax
Declension
editReferences
edit- “salgın”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صالغین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1160