torture

Hevok
Mane (Îngilîzî)

Têgeh

tahde

şkence

Pircarînî

B2
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra (“a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”), from Latin tortus (whence also tort), past participle of torquēre (“to twist”).

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