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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish معذرت (maʾẕeret, “a having an excuse, a valid excuse, an excuse, apology”), from Arabic مَعْذِرَة (maʕḏira, “excuse, forgiveness, pardon”), verbal noun of عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara, “to excuse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːzeˈɾet/
- Hyphenation: ma‧ze‧ret
Noun
mazeret (definite accusative mazereti, plural mazeretler)
- A valid justification that allows a mistake to be forgiven.
- Synonym: özür
- A made-up excuse to deflect or mitigate a fault.
- Synonym: bahane
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معذرت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1906
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “معذرت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1192
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mazeret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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