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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish انقاض (enkâz), from Arabic أَنْقَاض (ʔanqāḍ), plural of نَقْض (naqḍ), verbal noun of نَقَضَ (naqaḍa, to break, demolish).

Noun

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enkaz (definite accusative enkazı, plural enkazlar)

  1. ruins, rubble, debris; wreckage

References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “enkaz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “انقاض”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 226
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 343