Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish برهوا (berhava), from Persian.

Adjective

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berhava

  1. blown up, destroyed
    • 1940 June 22, headline on page 1 of Halkin Sesi:
      Berlin İngiliz tayyareleri tarafından bombalanmıştır. Birçok fabrikalar berhava edilmiştir
      Berlin was bombed by British aircraft. Many factories have been destroyed.

References

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  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “برهوا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 263
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “berhava”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN