defa

Kituba

Verb

defa

1. to borrow

Kongo

Verb

defa

1. to borrow

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Kongo defa.

Verb

-defa (infinitive kodefa)

1. to borrow

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic دَفْعَة (dafʕa)

Ottoman Turkish دفعه (def'a)

Turkish defa

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دفعه (def'a), from Arabic دَفْعَة (dafʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.faː/

Noun

defa (definite accusative defayı, plural defalar)

1. time
2. instance

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “defa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük