بسا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian besë (“oath, pledge”).

Noun

بسا • (besa)

oath, pledge (especially among Albanians)
Synonyms: یمین (yemin), آند (and)
agreement, arrangement

Descendants

Turkish: besa

References

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “besa¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 561a
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بسا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 363b
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بسا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 265b

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