satvet

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سطوت, from Arabic سَطْوَة (saṭwa).

Noun

satvet (definite accusative satveti, plural satvetler)‌ (archaic)

1. attack
2. strength, power, might in battle
   • 1936 January 14, headline in Ulusal Birlik:

     Hitlerciler Almanyayı eski satvetine kavuşturmak istiyorlar.

     Hitlerites want to restore Germany with its former strength.

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “satvet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سطوت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1058
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN