Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish راستلامق (rastlamak), verb formed from راست (rast, luck, success; encounter, meeting), a semantic evolution of Persian راست (râst).

Verb edit

rastlamak (third-person singular simple present rastlar)

  1. to encounter, to meet by chance
    • 2022 December 7, “Çengel boynuzlu dağ keçileri Munzur Dağları'nda görüntülendi”, in Anadolu Agency[1]:
      Tunceli'de tırmanış yapan dağcılar, karla kaplı arazide nesli koruma altında bulunan 10 çengel boynuzlu dağ keçisine rastladı.
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Conjugation edit

References edit

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “راستلامق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 611a
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “rastlamak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük