ihtimal

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish احتمال (ihtimal), from Arabic اِحْتِمَال (iḥtimāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ih.tiˈmal/
• Hyphenation: ih‧ti‧mal

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Noun

ihtimal (definite accusative ihtimali, plural ihtimaller)

1. possibility, probability

   Synonym: olasılık

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	ihtimal
Definite accusative	ihtimali
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ihtimal	ihtimaller
Definite accusative	ihtimali	ihtimalleri
Dative	ihtimale	ihtimallere
Locative	ihtimalde	ihtimallerde
Ablative	ihtimalden	ihtimallerden
Genitive	ihtimalin	ihtimallerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular ihtimalim ihtimallerim 2nd singular ihtimalin ihtimallerin 3rd singular ihtimali ihtimalleri 1st plural ihtimalimiz ihtimallerimiz 2nd plural ihtimaliniz ihtimalleriniz 3rd plural ihtimalleri ihtimalleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular ihtimalimi ihtimallerimi 2nd singular ihtimalini ihtimallerini 3rd singular ihtimalini ihtimallerini 1st plural ihtimalimizi ihtimallerimizi 2nd plural ihtimalinizi ihtimallerinizi 3rd plural ihtimallerini ihtimallerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular ihtimalime ihtimallerime 2nd singular ihtimaline ihtimallerine 3rd singular ihtimaline ihtimallerine 1st plural ihtimalimize ihtimallerimize 2nd plural ihtimalinize ihtimallerinize 3rd plural ihtimallerine ihtimallerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular ihtimalimde ihtimallerimde 2nd singular ihtimalinde ihtimallerinde 3rd singular ihtimalinde ihtimallerinde 1st plural ihtimalimizde ihtimallerimizde 2nd plural ihtimalinizde ihtimallerinizde 3rd plural ihtimallerinde ihtimallerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular ihtimalimden ihtimallerimden 2nd singular ihtimalinden ihtimallerinden 3rd singular ihtimalinden ihtimallerinden 1st plural ihtimalimizden ihtimallerimizden 2nd plural ihtimalinizden ihtimallerinizden 3rd plural ihtimallerinden ihtimallerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular ihtimalimin ihtimallerimin 2nd singular ihtimalinin ihtimallerinin 3rd singular ihtimalinin ihtimallerinin 1st plural ihtimalimizin ihtimallerimizin 2nd plural ihtimalinizin ihtimallerinizin 3rd plural ihtimallerinin ihtimallerinin

Adverb

ihtimal

1. (dated) possibly, perhaps

Related terms

• hamil
• hamile
• hamle
• ihtimalî
• muhtemel
• muhtemelen
• tahammül

 

Further reading

• “ihtimal”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ihtimal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2114