oruç
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوروج (oruc), from Sogdian [script needed] (rōçag),[1][2] shares common origins with Persian روزه (ruze, “fasting”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]oruç (definite accusative orucu, plural oruçlar)
- (in general) fasting, abstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially abstinence from food
- (specifically, Islam) sawm; the ritual practice of fasting and the third of the five pillars of Islam
Declension
[edit]Inflection | ||
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Nominative | oruç | |
Definite accusative | orucu | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | oruç | oruçlar |
Definite accusative | orucu | oruçları |
Dative | oruca | oruçlara |
Locative | oruçta | oruçlarda |
Ablative | oruçtan | oruçlardan |
Genitive | orucun | oruçların |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “oruç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “baça:k”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 293
Further reading
[edit]- “oruç”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “oruç”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3639