تصادف

Arabic

Root
ص د ف (ṣ d f)
6 terms

Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.sˤaː.da.fa/

Verb

تَصَادَفَ • (taṣādafa) VI (non-past يَتَصَادَفُ (yataṣādafu), verbal noun تَصَادُف (taṣāduf))

1. to meet by chance

Conjugation

Conjugation of تَصَادَفَ (VI, sound, no passive, verbal noun تَصَادُف)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَصَادُف taṣāduf
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُتَصَادِف mutaṣādif
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تَصَادَفْتُ taṣādaftu	تَصَادَفْتَ taṣādafta	تَصَادَفَ taṣādafa		تَصَادَفْتُمَا taṣādaftumā	تَصَادَفَا taṣādafā		تَصَادَفْنَا taṣādafnā	تَصَادَفْتُمْ taṣādaftum	تَصَادَفُوا taṣādafū
	f		تَصَادَفْتِ taṣādafti	تَصَادَفَتْ taṣādafat			تَصَادَفَتَا taṣādafatā			تَصَادَفْتُنَّ taṣādaftunna	تَصَادَفْنَ taṣādafna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَتَصَادَفُ ʔataṣādafu	تَتَصَادَفُ tataṣādafu	يَتَصَادَفُ yataṣādafu		تَتَصَادَفَانِ tataṣādafāni	يَتَصَادَفَانِ yataṣādafāni		نَتَصَادَفُ nataṣādafu	تَتَصَادَفُونَ tataṣādafūna	يَتَصَادَفُونَ yataṣādafūna
	f		تَتَصَادَفِينَ tataṣādafīna	تَتَصَادَفُ tataṣādafu			تَتَصَادَفَانِ tataṣādafāni			تَتَصَادَفْنَ tataṣādafna	يَتَصَادَفْنَ yataṣādafna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَتَصَادَفَ ʔataṣādafa	تَتَصَادَفَ tataṣādafa	يَتَصَادَفَ yataṣādafa		تَتَصَادَفَا tataṣādafā	يَتَصَادَفَا yataṣādafā		نَتَصَادَفَ nataṣādafa	تَتَصَادَفُوا tataṣādafū	يَتَصَادَفُوا yataṣādafū
	f		تَتَصَادَفِي tataṣādafī	تَتَصَادَفَ tataṣādafa			تَتَصَادَفَا tataṣādafā			تَتَصَادَفْنَ tataṣādafna	يَتَصَادَفْنَ yataṣādafna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَتَصَادَفْ ʔataṣādaf	تَتَصَادَفْ tataṣādaf	يَتَصَادَفْ yataṣādaf		تَتَصَادَفَا tataṣādafā	يَتَصَادَفَا yataṣādafā		نَتَصَادَفْ nataṣādaf	تَتَصَادَفُوا tataṣādafū	يَتَصَادَفُوا yataṣādafū
	f		تَتَصَادَفِي tataṣādafī	تَتَصَادَفْ tataṣādaf			تَتَصَادَفَا tataṣādafā			تَتَصَادَفْنَ tataṣādafna	يَتَصَادَفْنَ yataṣādafna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		تَصَادَفْ taṣādaf			تَصَادَفَا taṣādafā				تَصَادَفُوا taṣādafū
	f		تَصَادَفِي taṣādafī							تَصَادَفْنَ taṣādafna

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.sˤaː.duf/

Noun

تَصَادُف • (taṣāduf) m

1. verbal noun of تَصَادَفَ (taṣādafa) (form VI)
2. coincidence

Declension

Declension of noun تَصَادُف (taṣāduf)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَصَادُف taṣāduf	التَّصَادُف at-taṣāduf	تَصَادُف taṣāduf
nominative	تَصَادُفٌ taṣādufun	التَّصَادُفُ at-taṣādufu	تَصَادُفُ taṣādufu
accusative	تَصَادُفًا taṣādufan	التَّصَادُفَ at-taṣādufa	تَصَادُفَ taṣādufa
genitive	تَصَادُفٍ taṣādufin	التَّصَادُفِ at-taṣādufi	تَصَادُفِ taṣādufi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: təsadüf
• → Ottoman Turkish: تصادف (tesâdüf)
  • Turkish: tesadüf
• → Persian: تصادف
• → Tajik: тасодуф (tasoduf)
• → Uyghur: تاسادىپ (tasadip)
• → Uzbek: tasodif

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَصَادُف (taṣāduf, “coincidence”), verbal noun of تَصَادَفَ (taṣādafa, “to meet by chance”).

Noun

تصادف • (tesâdüf) (definite accusative تصادفی (tesâdüfü), plural تصادفات (tesâdüfât))

1. chance, fortune, hap, accident, the arrival of something in a sudden, fortuitous or unexpected manner

   Synonyms: بخت (baht), طالع (taliʼ), قسمت (kismet)

   • 1897, Vecihi, چوبان قزی [Çoban Kızı, Shepherd Girl]‎^[1], page 55:

     تصادف ایكی چوق آره‌سنده سنه‌لرجه دوام ایده‌جك بر الفته مقدمه اولدی.

     Tesadüf iki çok arasında senelerce devam edecek bir alüfte mukaddeme oldu.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. coincidence, a remarkable concurrence of events that have no apparent causal connection with one another

Derived terms

• تصادف ایتمك (tesâdüf etmek, “to meet by chance”)

Descendants

• Turkish: tesadüf

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881), “تصادف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 467
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “tesadüf”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4763
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “tesâdüf”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1307
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “تصادف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 373
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “تصادف”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1205
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tesadüf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “تصادف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 552

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَصَادُف (taṣāduf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ta.saː.ˈduf/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.sɑː.d̪ʊ́f]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.sɑː.d̪ʊ́f]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.sɑː.d̪ʊ́f]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.sɔː.d̪úf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.sɒː.d̪óf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.sɔ.d̪úf]

Readings
Classical reading?	tasāduf
Dari reading?	tasāduf
Iranian reading?	tasâdof
Tajik reading?	tasoduf

Noun

Dari	تصادف
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тасодуф

تصادف • (tasāduf / tasâdof) (plural تَصادُفات, Tajik spelling тасодуф)

1. accident, crash

   تصادفِ خودرو ― tasâdof-e xodrow ― car crash

   شاهد تصادف بودم. ― šâhed-e tasâdof budam. ― I witnessed the accident.

2. coincidence

Derived terms

verbs

• تَصادُف کَردَن (tasâdof kardan, “to have an accident”)

other

• تَصادُفاً (tasâdofan, “accidentally”)
• تَصادُفی (tasâdofi, “accidental”)