helak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish هلاك (helak, “death, destruction; exhaustion”), from Arabic هَلَاك (halāk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /he.ˈlak/
• Hyphenation: he‧lak

Noun

helak (definite accusative helaki, plural helakler)

1. dying, killing, destroying, getting destroyed
2. (figurative) becoming exhausted or making someone exhausted

Derived terms

• helak etmek
• helak olmak

 

Related terms

• tehlike

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “helak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “هلاك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2166
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN