talihsizlik
Turkish
Alternative forms
- talisizlik
Etymology
Equivalent to talih + -siz + -lik. While Arabic ayin became silent in most Turkish borrowings, the ayin at the end of طَالِع (ṭāliʿ, “luck”) became a consonant h in some dialects.
Noun
talihsizlik (definite accusative talihsizliği, plural talihsizlikler)
- misfortune; bad luck
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “talih”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN