takibat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تعقیبات (takibat), in the form of a plural of تعقیب (takib), from Arabic تَعْقِيب (taʕqīb). In Ottoman times, persecution rather than prosecution, with تعقیبات قانونیه (literally “legal persecution”) for the legal sense.

Noun

takibat (definite accusative takibatı, plural takibatlar)

1. prosecution, legal proceedings

   Synonym: kovuşturma

Related terms

• takip

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ta'kîbât”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1227
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تعقیب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 382
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “takip”, in Nişanyan Sözlük