sirayet
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سرایت (sirayet), from Arabic سِرَايَة (sirāya), from سَرَى (sarā, “to spread”).
Noun
sirayet (definite accusative sirayeti, plural sirayetler)
- spreading, propagation
- 1936 April 17, headline in Ulusal Birlik:
- Afrika harbının Avrupa'ya sirayet etmesi tehlikesi var
- Risk of African war spreading to Europe
- 1936 April 17, headline in Ulusal Birlik:
- 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, Constantinople: Mihran, page 671b