tesadüf

See also: təsadüf

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تصادف (tesâdüf), from Arabic تَصَادُف (taṣāduf), verbal noun of تَصَادَفَ (taṣādafa, “to meet by chance”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /te.saːˈdyf/
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Noun

tesadüf (definite accusative tesadüfü, plural tesadüfler)

  1. coincidence, chance, accident
    Synonyms: rastlantı, rast

Declension
Inflection
Nominative tesadüf
Definite accusative tesadüfü
Singular Plural
Nominative tesadüf tesadüfler
Definite accusative tesadüfü tesadüfleri
Dative tesadüfe tesadüflere
Locative tesadüfte tesadüflerde
Ablative tesadüften tesadüflerden
Genitive tesadüfün tesadüflerin

Derived terms
  • müsadif

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tesadüf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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