işkence
Meaning
- torture, the infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment
- (figuratively) torture, torment, anguish, excruciation, ordeal, severe pain or suffering, of mind or body
- clamp, vise, a clasp for strenghtening or holding things together, especially an F clamp
Concepts
Translations
torture
Folter
tortura
tortura
tortura
tortura
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Pronounced as (IPA)
[iʃkəndʒɛ]
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اشكنجه (işkence, “torture”), 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.
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