فلاكت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (falākat). Compare Azerbaijani fəlakət.

Noun

فلاكت • (felaket)

adversity, misfortune
disaster, catastrophe

Related terms

فلك (felek, “sphere of the heavens; fortune, fate”)

Descendants

Turkish: felâket

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فلاكت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 908
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “felaket”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فلاكت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1394

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