tesadüfen

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تصادفاً (tesādüfen),[1] from Arabic تَصَادُفًا (taṣādufan) adverbial accusative of تَصَادُف (taṣāduf, coincidence), verbal noun of تَصَادَفَ (taṣādafa, to meet by chance).[2] Compare Uzbek tasodifan, Uyghur تاسادىپەن (tasadipen) and Azerbaijani təsadüfən.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /te.saːˈdy.fen/
  • Hyphenation: te‧sa‧dü‧fen

Adverb

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tesadüfen

  1. by chance, as a result of a coincidence, accidentally
    Synonym: tesadüf eseri
    Travnik benim tesadüfen keşfettiğim bir şehir.Travnik is a city I discovered as a result of a coincidence.
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References

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  1. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “تَصادُفاً”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 409
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tesadüf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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