Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish مع‌الاسف (ma'alesef), from Arabic مَعَ الْأَسَف (maʕa al-ʔasaf, literally with regret); compare Persian مع‌الاسف (ma'-al-asaf, unfortunately).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [mɑːleˈsef]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧a‧le‧sef

Adverb edit

maalesef

  1. unfortunately