felaket

Turkish

Alternative forms

• (superseded) felâket

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فلاكت (felaket), an Ottoman derivation from Arabic فَلَك (falak).

Noun

felaket (definite accusative felaketi, plural felaketler)

1. disaster, catastrophe; adversity, misfortune

   Synonyms: musibet, bela, bahtsızlık

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “felaket”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 305
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “felaket”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 908
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “felaket”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “felaket”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1394
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN