talihsizlik
Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Equivalent to talih + -siz + -lik. While Arabic ayin became silent in most Turkish borrowings, the ayin at the end of طَالِع (ṭāliʕ, “luck”) became a consonant h in some dialects.
Noun edit
talihsizlik (definite accusative talihsizliği, plural talihsizlikler)
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “talih”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN