tahassun
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish تحصن, from Arabic تَحَصُّن (taḥaṣṣun), verbal noun of تَحَصَّنَ (taḥaṣṣana, “to fortify oneself, to be protected”).
Noun
tahassun (definite accusative tahassunu, plural tahassunlar) (archaic)
- withdrawing to a stronghold, fortifying, entrenching
- 1937 June 18, “Tuncelinde askerî harekât devam ediyor [Military operations continue in Tuncel]”, in Cumhuriyet, page 1:
- Takbriben 1000-1500 silâhlı kadar tahmin edilen asiler tamamen Kutu deresine tahassun etmişlerdir.
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Derived terms
- tahassun etmek
See also
- sığınma
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “tahassun”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4535
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “تحصن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 507
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN