felç

From Arabic فَلَج (falaj).

felç

1. (medicine) paralysis

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فلج (felc, felç), from Classical Persian فَلَج (falaj), seemingly from verbal noun فَلَج (falaj) of passive-only base stem deverbal Arabic فُلِجَ (fulija) from فَالَج (fālaj), borrowed from Aramaic פָּלְגָּא / ܦܴܠܓܳܐ (pālgā), from Ancient Greek πλῆξις (plêxis), πληγή (plēgḗ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfelt͡ʃ/

felç (definite accusative felci, plural felçler)

1. (pathology) paralysis, palsy

   Synonym: inme

• “felç”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “felç”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “felç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük