işkence

Meaning

1. torture
2. wood clamp, F-clamp

Hyphenated as

iş‧ken‧ce

Pronounced as (IPA)

[iʃkəndʒɛ]

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اشكنجه (işkence), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (şikence, “press”), [script needed] (işkenci, “pain, trouble”), from Persian شکنجه (šekanje, “torment; torture”), اشکنجه (eškanje). Cognate of Azerbaijani işgəncə.

Sentences

İrademiz ve kafamız bizi küçültecek bir iş yapmadıkça, işkence sade bir fizyoloji meselesidir.

Torture is simply a matter of physiology, unless our will and mind do a job to shrink us.