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Arabic
Verb
عَلَتْ • (ʕalat) (form I) /ʕa.lat/
- third-person feminine singular past active of عَلَا (ʕalā) and عَلَى (ʕalā, “to climb”)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic عِلَّة (ʕilla).
Noun
علت • (illet)
- disease
- misfortune
- cause
Descendants
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
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| Classical reading?
|
illat
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| Dari reading?
|
illat
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| Iranian reading?
|
ellat
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| Tajik reading?
|
illat
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Noun
عِلَّت • ('ellat) (plural عِلَل ('elal) or عِلَّتها ('ellat-hâ))
- cause, reason
- (archaic) disease