kazaen

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قضاءً (ḳażāen),[1][2] from Arabic قَضَاءً (qaḍāʔan), adverbial accusative of قَضَاء (qaḍāʔ, divine will or decree, providence, destiny).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈzaːen/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧za‧en

Adverb

kazaen

  1. (dated) by accident, accidentally, unintentionally
    Synonyms: kazara, ezkaza, yanlışlıkla
  2. (dated) randomly, coincidentally, by chance
    Synonyms: tesadüfen, rastgele

References

  1. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قضاءً”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 963
  2. Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “قَضاءً”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1074
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kaza”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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