isabet

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اصابت (isābet, “a hitting the mark, striking, reaching, stumbling upon, interj. Well done! Bravo!”),[1][2] 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”).[3]

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

Interjection

İsabet!

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

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اصابت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 126
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اصابت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 99
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “isabet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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