فرقه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic فِرْقَة (firqa, “part; section; group”).
Noun
فرقه • (fırka)
- separate part (of something, or of a group of people or animals)
- sect; race
- (military) division
- (military, nautical) squadron
- detachment
Descendants
- Turkish: fırka
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) , “فرقه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 895
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “فرقه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1378