gaflet
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish غفلت, from Arabic غَفْلَة (ḡafla).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gaflet (definite accusative gafleti, plural gafletler)
- blindness (figurative)
- drowsiness
- headlessness
- oversight
- unawareness
Declension edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gaflet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غفلت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1347