berhava

berhava

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish برهوا‎ (berhava), from Persian.

Adjective

berhava

1. blown up, destroyed
   • 1940 June 22, headline on page 1 of Halkin Sesi:

     Berlin İngiliz tayyareleri tarafından bombalanmıştır. Birçok fabrikalar berhava edilmiştir

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “برهوا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 263
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “berhava”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN