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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish تأسف, from Arabic تَأَسُّف (taʔassuf), verbal noun of تَأَسَّفَ (taʔassafa, “to feel sorry; to regret”).
Pronunciation
Noun
teessüf (definite accusative teessüfü, plural teessüfler)
- sorrow, regret
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “teessüf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تأسف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 477
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1120