şarapnel

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شراپنل (şarapnel),[1] borrowed from English shrapnel, named after Henry Shrapnel.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.ɾapˈnel/
  • Hyphenation: şa‧rap‧nel

Noun[edit]

şarapnel (definite accusative şarapneli, plural şarapneller)

  1. (military) shrapnel (anti-personnel artillery shell used in World War I)
  2. (military) shrapnel (bullets from the aforementioned type of artillery shell)
  3. (military) shrapnel (any fragment or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb or landmine)

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative şarapnel
Definite accusative şarapneli
Singular Plural
Nominative şarapnel şarapneller
Definite accusative şarapneli şarapnelleri
Dative şarapnele şarapnellere
Locative şarapnelde şarapnellerde
Ablative şarapnelden şarapnellerden
Genitive şarapnelin şarapnellerin

References[edit]

  1. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “شَراپنَل”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 772
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şarapnel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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