şefkat

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شفقت (şefkat, şafkat), from Arabic شَفَقَة (šafaqa). === Noun === şefkat (definite accusative şefkati, plural şefkatler) compassion, kindness, affection pity; concern ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== müşfik === References === Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “şefkat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Redhouse, James W. (1890), “شفقت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1129 Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN