bahane
Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
- mahana (colloquial)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بهانه (bahāne, mahāna, māna, “a pretext, an excuse, reputed blemish, defect or fault”),[1][2] from Classical Persian بهانه (bahâne, “excuse”).[3]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bahane (definite accusative bahaneyi, plural bahaneler)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بهانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 415
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بهانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 298
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bahane”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “bahane”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bahane”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 435