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Turkish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish فلاكت (felaket), an Ottoman derivation from Arabic فَلَك (falak).
Noun
felaket (definite accusative felaketi, plural felaketler)
- disaster, catastrophe; adversity, misfortune
- Synonyms: musibet, bela, bahtsızlık
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “felaket”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 305
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “felaket”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 908
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “felaket”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “felaket”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1394
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN