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falaka

falaka noun: a torture method consisting of whipping a person's bare feet.

Noun

falaka (usually uncountable, plural falakas)

  1. (usually) A torture method consisting of whipping a person's bare feet.
    • Although technically forbidden, the torture of prisoners through falaka, beating on the soles of the feet or the back of the legs, is very widely practiced in Iran.1995, Kate Millett, The Politics of Cruelty: An Essay on the Literature of Political Imprisonment

Forms of falaka

pluralfalakas
alternative formfalaqa

Origin of falaka

From Arabic فَلَقَة (falaqa).

Questions about falaka

What does falaka mean?
Falaka means a torture method consisting of whipping a person's bare feet.
What part of speech is falaka?
Falaka is a noun.
What is the plural of falaka?
The plural of falaka is falakas.

Words near falaka in the dictionary

  1. falafils
  2. Falahill
  3. Falaise
  4. falaj
  5. falajes
  6. falaka
  7. falakas
  8. falanaka
  9. falandization
  10. falang
  11. Falanga

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