فلاكت
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian فلاكت (falākat). Compare Azerbaijani fəlakət.
Noun[edit]
فلاكت • (felaket)
- adversity, misfortune
- disaster, catastrophe
Related terms[edit]
- فلك (felek, “sphere of the heavens; fortune, fate”)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: felâket
References[edit]
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فلاكت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 908
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “felaket”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فلاكت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1394