kıtaat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قطعات (kıtaat), plural of قطعه (kıta), from Arabic قِطْعَة (qiṭʕa). Formally, the Arabic plural of kıta.

Noun

kıtaat (definite accusative kıtaatı, uncountable)

(military) troops
- 1939 September 4, “Muharebe vaizyeti [War situation]”, in Cumhuriyet, page 5:
  Alman kıtaatı bu sabah Tschenstochau'a girmiştir.
  German troops were entering Tschenstochau this morning.

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “kitaat”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 619
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 658

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