بكارت

بكارت

See also: بکارت‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic بَكَارَة‎ (bakāra).

Noun

بكارت • (beḱaret)

1. virginity
2. hymen

Descendants

• Turkish: bekâret

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بكارت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 272
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bekâret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بكارت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 375