sirayet

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سرایت (sirayet), from Arabic سِرَايَة (sirāya), from سَرَى (sarā, “to spread”).

Noun

sirayet (definite accusative sirayeti, plural sirayetler)

1. spreading, propagation
   • 1936 April 17, headline in Ulusal Birlik:

     Afrika harbının Avrupa'ya sirayet etmesi tehlikesi var

     Risk of African war spreading to Europe

2. infection

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سرایت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 671b