kıtaat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قطعات (kıtaat), plural of قطعه (kıta), from Arabic قِطْعَة (qiṭʕa). Formally, the Arabic plural of kıta.

Noun

kıtaat (definite accusative kıtaatı, uncountable)

1. (military) troops
   • 1939 September 4, “Muharebe vaizyeti [War situation]”, in Cumhuriyet, page 5:

     Alman kıtaatı bu sabah Tschenstochau'a girmiştir.

     German troops were entering Tschenstochau this morning.

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “kitaat”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 619
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 658