isabet

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اصابت (isābet, “a hitting the mark, striking, reaching, stumbling upon, interj. Well done! Bravo!”), from Arabic إِصَابَة (ʔiṣāba, “injury, trauma, score, a hitting shot”), verbal noun of أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba, “to hit the mark, to speak or act to the point”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.saːˈbet/
• Hyphenation: i‧sa‧bet

Noun

isabet (definite accusative isabeti, plural isabetler)

1. Hitting or reaching the target.
2. Winning in a game of chance such as the lottery.
3. (for a remark or proposal) Being apt, appropriate, spot on.
4. Not being wrong or mistaken.
5. A pleasant coincidence.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	isabet
Definite accusative	isabeti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	isabet	isabetler
Definite accusative	isabeti	isabetleri
Dative	isabete	isabetlere
Locative	isabette	isabetlerde
Ablative	isabetten	isabetlerden
Genitive	isabetin	isabetlerin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular isabetim isabetlerim 2nd singular isabetsin isabetlersin 3rd singular isabet isabettir isabetler isabetlerdir 1st plural isabetiz isabetleriz 2nd plural isabetsiniz isabetlersiniz 3rd plural isabetler isabetlerdir

Derived terms

• isabet almak
• isabet etmek
• isabet oldu
• isabetli
• isabetsiz

 

Related terms

• musibet
• tasvip

 

Interjection

İsabet!

1. (dated, poetic) Used after a pleasant event; Nice!, Sweet!

Further reading

• “isabet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “isabet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2213