noun
pretext / excuse / rationalization / explanation
- de
- Ausflucht / Umschweif / Vorwand / Ausrede
- nl
- dekmantel / smoes / voorwendsel / pretext
- tr
- bahane / esbapı mucibe / mahana / mucip
- kmr
- Bihane, bafik, sebebên bêbingeh, sûcên nerast.
Examples
Bo xwe hêcet girtin.
Tiştek kirin hêcet.
Etymology
Ji erebî حُجَّة (ḥujja, “bihane”).