علت

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See also: غلب, غلت, علب, and علة

Arabic

Verb

عَلَتْ • (ʕalat) (form I)

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of عَلَا (ʕalā)
  2. third-person feminine singular past active of عَلَى (ʕalā)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عِلَّة (ʕilla).

Noun

علت • (illet)

  1. disease
  2. misfortune
  3. cause

Descendants

  • Turkish: illet

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “illet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِلَّة (ʕilla).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? illat
Dari reading? illat
Iranian reading? ellat
Tajik reading? illat

Noun

عِلَّت • ('ellat) (plural عِلَل ('elal) or عِلَّت‌ها ('ellat-hâ))

  1. cause, reason
  2. (archaic) disease
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