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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غافلانه (ġāfilāne),[1][2] from Arabic غَافِل (ḡāfil, “unaware, inattentive”) + Persian ـانه (-âne, adjectival suffix).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaːfi.laːˈne/
- Hyphenation: ga‧fi‧la‧ne
Adverb
gafilane
- unwarily, unmindfully, heedlessly
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غافلانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1334
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غافلانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 867
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gafil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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