takibat
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish تعقیبات (takibat), in the form of a plural of تعقیب (takib), from Arabic تَعْقِيب (taʿqīb). In Ottoman times, persecution rather than prosecution, with تعقیبات قانونیه (literally “legal persecution”) for the legal sense.
Noun
takibat (definite accusative takibatı, plural takibatlar)
- prosecution, legal proceedings
- Synonym: kovuşturma
Related terms
- takip
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “ta'kîbât”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1227
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “تعقیب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 382
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “takip”, in Nişanyan Sözlük